Re: The Melody of Speech
Faux Pas, on host 38.164.171.7
Tuesday, February 6, 2001, at 06:31:37
The Melody of Speech posted by Travholt on Monday, February 5, 2001, at 13:48:49:
> Back to work, on with the headset. When song #8 comes up, I suddenly hear babyspeak. Then, the babyspeak returns, now with Wooten's bass playing in unison with the baby's voice, and with chords added! > > This is a real "ear-opener" to the fact that our voices actually has melody. It's so easy not to notice, because we're too busy and used to trying to filter out and piece together what the person talking wants to say. > > There's something special, different, something to this music that touches strings inside me that ordinary music doesn't. Or maybe it does, but not as directly. Maybe this means that we tend to like music that resembles voice/speech patterns...
You might also like Cocteau Twins, The Art of Noise (one song, "Galleons of Stone" is a composition for flute and motorcycle), Adiemus, and Deep Forest.
-Faux "music suggestion thread!" Pas
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