I've always wondered if certain poly structures create distinct emotions in humans. What do you think.................
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Re: human reaction to poly rythm
Fri, June 30, 2006 - 9:06 PMLook at how dancers move to the poly-rhythms in West African music. There's a noticable difference in the way rhythms are played for trance, as well as for fertility dances, funerals, weddings and celebrations etc...
You can see the rhythms manifest in the dancers.
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Sat, July 1, 2006 - 1:35 PMI the see the dancers and how they react, but I'm thinking how is the brain effected....I wonder if secret society's master muscians actually understand which structues do what.I think its possible. -
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Tue, August 8, 2006 - 12:08 AMI'd say we're still in the place of basic research. And the thing is...well, you can't stand outside these phenomena if you really want to understand them. Grab yourself a drum and some drummer friends and find out. :) -
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Thu, August 10, 2006 - 6:41 AMWhen you can't beat out obvious rhythms something happens akin to contemplating a Zen koan...and the sudden transformation in consciousness which can ensue. You have to experience this, cause there's no way to really describe it! I've listened to polyrhythms but am only starting to learn to play them. You must be exquisitely BALANCED inside to pull it off, but doing polyrhythms also teaches about psychic balance....
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Sat, March 24, 2007 - 12:58 PMActually, there is an institute in New Mexico that has done extensive research on the effects on brain activity in autistic children. I think a lot more research is out there.
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Re: human reaction to poly rythm
Tue, March 27, 2007 - 8:29 AMThere are actually a lot of master musicians that have been known to experiment with such ideas. Perhaps most notably The Grateful Dead. There was definitely a time of studies done on sound and manipulation on the crowd to help focus the journey. It may have become a necessity at some point with the popularity of psychedelics use during their shows. I have yet to see documentation of these experiements, but know people "in the circle" that speak with first hand experience.
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Tue, April 3, 2007 - 10:05 AMHow could the body and brain be seperate?
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Re: human reaction to poly rythm
Fri, September 8, 2006 - 9:16 PMDefinitely. When you consider that all our existence is based upon vibration… vibration of atoms, vibration of sound waves, of light waves… there are experiences we have that vibrate right to the soul… whether it is auditory or visual, -
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Re: human reaction to poly rythm
Sat, November 11, 2006 - 5:59 PM..I think its all too abstract to assign objective reactions that are universal to every human... music, generally speaking, is often very personal and clouded by our own vast subjectivity...
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Re: human reaction to poly rythm
Fri, December 15, 2006 - 8:35 AMI've seen that certain rythms make people restless, while others make them mellow, while yet others will start fights. My uncle studied the effects of various time signatures in his conga drumming, and what he said agreed with what I saw. Not too sure what is meant by poly rythm, could you explain what a poly structure is? -
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Re: human reaction to poly rythm
Tue, March 27, 2007 - 9:03 AMA poly structure is two different rhythms in two different time signatures played together.
An example is a 4 beat pattern played across a 6 beat pattern ( or 6 against 4).
1-2-3-4- (4 beats)
and the 6 beat 1-2-3-4-5-6- is played over the 4 beat pattern.
It's best to feel this type of rhythm with two or more drummers involved in playing the parts.
-Eric
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