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Language of music really is universal

By T.K. Randall
March 21, 2009 · Comment icon 9 comments

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A new study has revealed that the basic emotions in music can be universally recognised, Native African people who had never even heard Western music before were still able to pick up whether the music they were hearing was sad, happy or fearful. It is thought that this fundamental recognition helps explain how western music is so globally popular.
Native African people who have never even listened to the radio before can nonetheless pick up on happy, sad, and fearful emotions in Western music, according to a new report published online on March 19th in Current Biology. The result shows that the expression of those three basic emotions in music can be universally recognized, the researchers said."


Source: Science Daily | Comments (9)




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Comment icon #1 Posted by Ashiene 15 years ago
Indeed, music is the vibration of life...
Comment icon #2 Posted by clubfoot 15 years ago
It seems to me as if they are minimalising things here again, Eastern music is wonderful as well, and it's been around a lot longer. I don't understand why they focus so much on one cultural aspect, then again, maybe I do. I've always considered music to be food for the soul, I mean even the earth 'sings' (hums).
Comment icon #3 Posted by Samuronin 15 years ago
I'm not surprised, music is the product of human emotions....
Comment icon #4 Posted by Shuriken 15 years ago
I'm not surprised, music is the product of human emotions.... It used to be like that, but look at today's pop music market...
Comment icon #5 Posted by Samuronin 15 years ago
Yeah all that hip hop garbage and others, proves that music is steadily starting to suck
Comment icon #6 Posted by Ashiene 15 years ago
true that alot of modern music is garbage. i prefer the olden songs, the classics, full of positive emotion and passion! now songs are full of rage and hatred!
Comment icon #7 Posted by :PsYKoTiC:BeHAvIoR: 15 years ago
Geez, a study was needed to figure that out? Apparently they haven't seen Matt Harding's Youtube video. It's not music, but dancing is another universal medium. Youtube - Where the Hell is Matt? (2008):
Comment icon #8 Posted by ZEB 15 years ago
No Big surprise here,,, Everything in the universe operates on its own musical freq..its how you define music as a whole,,,,Emotions are touched by certain harmonics,,it does not even have to be a melody,, EVERYTHING has its own harmonics,,your voice, the wind, the earth, the whole darn thing operates in its own musical universal language, all of it ZEB
Comment icon #9 Posted by Warbringer 15 years ago
I've yet to hear anything with emotion on the radio.


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