Posted on 09/18/2021 2:36:53 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Mozart's Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major K448 is known for its effects on cognition and other brain activity, but researchers are still seeking to understand why.
In this study, scientists played the piece for patients equipped with brain implant sensors to monitor the occurrence of IEDs - brief but harmful brain events suffered by epileptics between seizures.
They found IEDs decreased after 30 seconds of listening, with significant effects in parts of the brain associated with emotion.
When they compared the response to the structure of the work, they found the effects increased during transitions between longer musical phrases - ones that lasted 10 seconds or more.
Quon says the findings suggest that longer phrases may create a sense of anticipation - and then answer it in an unexpected way "creating a positive emotional response".
The so-called 'Mozart effect' has been the subject of research since scientists in 1993 claimed people who had listened to K448 for 10 minutes showed improved spatial reasoning skills.
Subsequent research has has tested K448's effects on various brain functions and disorders, including epilepsy.
But the authors said this is the first to break down observations based on the song's structure, which they described as "organized by contrasting melodic themes, each with its own underlying harmony".
As with previous studies, patients showed no change in brain activity when exposed to other auditory stimuli or pieces of music that were not K448 - even those from their preferred musical genres.
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Yeah it’s not that great but. Loved going to the concerts in my 80s youth.
Yes I noticed that a lot in Mozart pieces, he will play a riff, a sequence and then play the same riff ascending or descending. Still though, it’s unbelievable how he wrote all this stuff out and while poverty stricken. I actually went to Salzburg back in 1995 and saw his birthplace. They had actual manuscripts written by him on display and what astounded me was there were tourists from all over the world there.
What’s funny is I realize today thanks to technology the ability for a musician to make a living is ironically back to where it was in the 1700s. The record industry is dead, so they either have to go on tour and perform or give lessons or be contracted to make music.
After listening: I figure one piano plays to the right brain and the other to the left brain; with the affect of providing the brain with balance, hence - order to disorder.
More cowbell.
Were any medals awarded for attending the Schoenberg concert?
Check out Brahms - he’s good too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7UzKiOIxmc
So true. Though a favorite shirt of my wild youth was purplish paisley. Lost it in the Guadalupe while canoeing over a waterfall, accidentally. Always stay to the left of the giant rock.
Now my favorite shirt is plaid, you are right.
Mozart and Bach trigger the spatial circuits of the mind. They create intricate structures which are pleasing to the mind’s eye.
This thread is the best of Free Republic.
I have seizure disorder. Felt calm today, could have been listening to the music.
Touche. But all the same, I’ll take il prete rosso.
Hope you’re well. We survived Ida with inconvenience, but nothing worse.
Apart from the violin concerto, I have never been able to develop a liking. My fault, mostly.
Agree!
Serious discussions about huge varieties of subjects, from blam to SunkenCiv and BenLurkin.
Indian compositions in Greek music in the 1950’s to Mozart, with intelligent and trained ears commenting for all to understand.
And they even let a dude like me play here!
It’s past time we caught up, old friend. Good night, and God bless : )
Try the orchestral version of Variations on a Theme by Haydn!
When my wife(War Dept.) catches me oiling the .44, she puts this on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgzSAftiNdM
Very SOOTHING!
“ he must have heard it in his head and literally wrote it out like taking dictation.”
Zappa was very similar in his work.
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George F. Handel is who amazes me. Wrote “The Messiah” in such a short time. All the vocal parts. The orchestra parts. It’s perfect. How did he “hear” it?
Bird music for women
Just imagine what it was like before Mozart. And then he appeared. You can’t really appreciate him unless you do that.
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