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Here's a thing that I find cool - that we're wired sufficiently similarly to rhythm and beats and music (or at least in learning it in childhood) that communal dancing/chanting/singing/music-making works at all
The way we can:
- converse with it
- lose ourselves in it
- express emotions in it
- show ourselves through it
- make art with it
- take comfort in it
- tell stories with it
- feel at home in it
- converse with it
- lose ourselves in it
- express emotions in it
- show ourselves through it
- make art with it
- take comfort in it
- tell stories with it
- feel at home in it
We must have a module in there specialised for it like we do for language
But how much is it the "same" module? How much overlap is there?
How universal is our response to different elements of music?
But how much is it the "same" module? How much overlap is there?
How universal is our response to different elements of music?
Is there such a thing as fluency in musical languages/cultures? How quickly can one become multilingual?
How do you get to the point where you and your body know how to speak it, without effort or thinking?
How do you get to the point where you and your body know how to speak it, without effort or thinking?
Related: what's the best way for an adult to learn to dance for the first time?
