Surman/b5 ratios

Aline Surman is my mom...I needed to use a credit card to get my
email account, and she graciously helped out.
Why are the 19 tone 18/25 and 25/36 ratios important? Because blues
leans heavily on the so called b5; in 19, having both to chose from is
real hip. More options either as bent, or unbent notes. Can I tune them
by ear? Never tried, but I am sure I could learn to do so if I had the
need to. As a matter of fact, down the road I plan on learning to
hear/play pure ratios on my fretless (Starrett just sanded the fretboard
down, and it is killer to play now...no need for an aluminum fretboard
anymore)...it's a matter of time...Hstick


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All,

>He says it is fact that children/babies that are exposed to classical
>music are better at math. I'm sure you know where I'm going with this!
>Since 12tet is only an approximation how can this be possible?

Well, reading between the lines (and having seen these studies before)
simply means they will be better *students*, not subject-dependent. This
shouldn't come as a surprise to our erudite list members, because even if
Wolfy's stuff was 12tet it was, and is, some of the finest music ever made
by a human being.

What I can't reconcile with this study are the countless occurances, at
least one I've seen documented here in San Diego, of convenience store
owners pumping classical music (and they actually found music of the
Classical period composers had the strongest effect) into the parking lots
to keep ... malcontents from loitering. Or maybe they just got smart quick
and gave up all thoughts of shoplifting...

>Hey, maybe my poor math skills are the result of my parents love
>for Polka music?

So what? You're probably a damn fine bowler! :)

Cheers all,
Jon
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From: "Paul H. Erlich"
Subject: RE: Mozart
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I would think it likely that if there is any connection between math
scores and listening to Mozart, it would be of the nature you suggested
(carefully metered phrasing and such).

I suppose some might suggest a more socially "charged" explantions to
the effect that certain other styles of music are decadent or something to
that effect. Although I personally like Mozart a lot, I'm still more
inclined to think that this is just somebody's pet theory run amok.

On a more-or-less similar note (all puns intended of course), here's a
quote from "The Handy Science Answer Book" page 207:

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How do different kinds of music affect plant growth?

In experiments done in the 1960s and 1970s, plants rsponded best to
classical and Indian devotional music. In a controlled environment, plants
exposed to these kinds of music had lush and abundant growth and good root
development. Exposure to country music or silence brought no abnormal
growth reaction, while jazz produced more abundant growth. With rock
music, plants did poorly. Their roots were scrawny and sparse and they
seemed to be in a dying stage. Plants exposed solely to white noise died
quickly.