Birds or Whales?

Has anybody noticed that when you slow bird calls way down they sound
strikingly similar to whale song?

I've heard the reverse (sped-up whale songs) sounding like bird chirps, as a means of making
the patterns in the whale songs more apparent.

AMiltonF@aol.com wrote:

> Has anybody noticed that when you slow bird calls way down they sound
> strikingly similar to whale song?
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I'm convinced that the relationship between the two are not coincidental.
There has to be some kind of weird chaotic structure to it. I wish that I
had more time to delve into it because the best microtonal performances are
coming from my back yard every sunrise and set (crazy rhythms, too).

As a side note - I think Messiaen should be added to that list of microtonal
composers using 12et.

AMiltonF@aol.com wrote:

> I'm convinced that the relationship between the two are not coincidental.
> There has to be some kind of weird chaotic structure to it.

I have read somewhere of birdsong having chaotic dynamics. And it seems
to be. Listen to a robin early in the morning singing its
cheerio-cheerio-cheerilee. He never sings it quite the same way twice.
There is always a half-way random variation.

> I wish that I
> had more time to delve into it because the best microtonal performances are
> coming from my back yard every sunrise and set (crazy rhythms, too).

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Bye for now

Allan Myhara
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada