LECTURE 10 Nov 13, 2013
"Soul in G Major" - Knowing Self: Music and Emotions
Guest Lecturer:
Dr. Youn Kim, Assistant Professor, Department of Music, The University of Hong Kong
http://www.music.hku.hk/about/staff.htm
Main Points:
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Music defines the human species by turning sound into an intentional form of communication that promotes community unification and social cohesion
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Music promotes a strengthening of the corpus callosum and overall integration of right and left brain to allow for a holistic experience
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Music allows us to understand and encounter powerful feelings by stimulating personal memories, sustaining collective associations and furthering peak experiences
Video Links:
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Bobby McFerrin demonstrates how disparate individuals can form a group by walking on a common beat.
2. In this scene from the movie The Soloist (2009), Nathanial Ayers (played by Jamie Foxx) sees colors while listening to Beethoven’s Symphony #3. “Seeing music” demonstrates the concept of synaesthesia, which demonstrates how the brain blends and interprets sensory information.
3. The movie Casablanca (1942) demonstrates how music can recall powerful, personal memories.
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Further Information:
The Singing Neanderthals: The Origins of Music, Language, Mind and Body Preview available at:
http://books.google.com.au/books/about/The_Singing_Neanderthals.html?id=gv3eQAAACAAJ