What determines how we perceive different types of music?

[sarienbarry]

Music can bring out such strong and mixed emotions from every listener. A listener also appreciates certain music over other. A listener will find some music to be horribly and some music to be great. What determines a listener to perceived a piece of music to be a great work of art? What determines a listener to perceive a piece of music to have no beauty?

It seems music has to be structured right in order for a listener to appreciate it. A music with wrong structure, whether is be bad rhythm or bad placement of noted, becomes a burden to listen to. What in our minds determines the structure that music has to have in order to be appreciated? Please explain why.

[bodyshop20]

What a deep question, I believe our brain is programmed to the regular heart beat of the mothers heart when we are in the womb.
This primal instinct likes to hear constant rhythm.
As we grow we continue to like this rhythm but we become hungry for a more emotional beat,
Music supplies this need, Its a harmony of notes that dont clash, clashing noises alarm our primal fears and we jump ready for action believeing the clash is a danger alarm.
Well thats my idea on this, But here is a link to a player with a scientist explaining in full the real reason or reason explained by science


http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/document...whymusic.shtml

My requirements are simple. Electric guitar. Good rhythm and bass. Powerful drums. And sound like the heavier stuff from the '80s and it's fine. Otherwise...you can keep it.

Musical theater not included. I like that too.

But this reminds me of a joke I made up today when I saw an advertisement for the "fiddler's festival".

Q: Do you know the difference between a fiddler and a violinist?

A: How closely related his parent's are.

Suprised that didn't get me into trouble though considering I said it outloud, dressed like I was, in Hiawassee Georgia.

[Mrs.V.]

^^^ Lol...I thought it was funny...

[Omario]

Lol at the fiddler's festival ..

Bodyshop20, did you study psychology? Never thought about the heart beat in the womb xD..

I think how well a person can empathise with things or how in touch they are with their emotions affects their music tastes too. A huge amount of things coul affect music tastes though. Life experiences, health conditions, friend's opinions and knowlege/awareness of music, just off the top of my head.

I like alot of music, but my most prefered music would have a good tempo/beat with powerful drums and good singing, nothing slow.

Some people did an experiment on music, they grew 2 groups of identical plants in a lab, controlled all influences that would affect the plants growth (sunlight, minerals etc), but made 1 of the groups listen to rock, and the other silence. The group that listened to rock music grew faster and bigger =], kinda irrelevant but interesting.

[bodyshop20]

Originally Posted by Omario

Lol at the fiddler's festival ..

Bodyshop20, did you study psychology? Never thought about the heart beat in the womb xD..



Some people did an experiment on music, they grew 2 groups of identical plants in a lab, controlled all influences that would affect the plants growth (sunlight, minerals etc), but made 1 of the groups listen to rock, and the other silence. The group that listened to rock music grew faster and bigger =], kinda irrelevant but interesting.

Hey maybe we should train to heavy rock and see if we grow bigger lol