Subject: Re: Five string bass From: Roy Patterson <rdp1@xxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 13:52:16 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>Ole Kühl wrote: > > Possibly, musicians with their highly trained ears are simply capable of hearing > more than non-musicians? It is unlikely that it is the ears that are trained. It is more likely to be the brain, or the use of words to describe perceptions. But to begin with we need to understand just what it is that trained musicians can do with low notes that the rest of us can't. Do you really think they can reliably make finer pitch discriminations? I understand that they think they can, but is it true of the population of trained musicians? And if it is true, is it a big difference? If so, someone should try and demonstrate just how much better they are. Regards Roy P > > > Ole Kühl > kyhl@xxxxxxxx <mailto:kyhl@xxxxxxxx> > www.cogmus.com <http://www.cogmus.com> -- * ** *** * ** *** * ** *** * ** *** * ** *** * Roy D. Patterson Centre for the Neural Basis of Hearing Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience University of Cambridge Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EG http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/cnbh/ phone: +44 (1223) 333819 office fax: +44 (1223) 333840 department email rdp1@xxxxxxxx or roy.patterson@xxxxxxxx