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Environmental Sounds as Music

One of my friends sent me this because I’ve been telling her about this class, and it’s a really interesting read! There was a study conducted where the participants were exposed to a repeated loop of environmental sounds, and after listening to different sounds over time, they began to think of the sounds as musical. It was a really interesting study psychologically, and I thought it was a really interesting read!

You can read it here or at the link below!

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-12-environmental-music.html

A Unicorn

This isn’t like a current event or anything, my friend just sent this to me and it reminded me of Nancy’s final project so I wanted to share it with everyone!

It’s music notes drawn to look like the face of a unicorn, and what that song would sound like. You can listen to it here.

Good luck with the rest of finals!

 

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The Most Relaxing Song

This article is about a song that was released that was designed to and was scientifically proven to reduce anxiety and help people fall asleep easier. You can also listen to it in the article and see what you think!

You can click here or copy and paste the link below.

http://www.seventeen.com/life/news/a43536/this-8-minute-song-is-scientifically-proven-to-help-you-fall-asleep-faster/

Questions for Stocker article 9/19/17 pt 2

The article discusses in detail the power of silence.  Does silence exert its own power in your life, and do you exert a power over it? If so, how? Stocker describes in detail the effect of noise in particular, and its relation to nausea, painting it in a negative light. Is all noise negative? What… Read more Questions for Stocker article 9/19/17 pt 2