Why Does Classical Music Make You Smarter? (The songs are hidden in higher mathematics)

Pajamas Media ^ | 04/24/2013 | David Goldman

[Revolting cat!]

She has lovely but small...hands

All Chinese... hands look the same.

[ken5050]

East..if you’re listening to classical music, then you obviously can’t be listening to rap, or hard rock..or whatever garbage is out there.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Ghetto rap.

[Revolting cat!]

“Progressive” rock.

[ottbmare]

You’re right in a way. It was not necessarily Pythagoras, but one of the thinkers “of the school of Puthagoras”—that is, people he hung with, colleagues and students—who were considering these issues around 500 BC. Lacking any concept of science as we understand it, they looked for patterns in the observable world as a guide to the principles by which the universe was made. They observed the way a harp strong produces sound as its length is divided, and from there extrapolated our ability to perceive the resultant tones to a general perception of beauty. But this is a far cry from the higher math developed by Liebnitz and Newton and their successors.

[nothingnew]

If you do play you know what I mean. If not it is almost impossible to explain how good making music makes you feel.

Agreed. I've been playing guitar for well over 50 years. I have a great collection, newest being a Gibson Hummingbird.

Whenever crap starts bothering me beyond my ability, I just pick one up and play....always helps me to clear my mind.

FMCDH(BITS)

[stephenjohnbanker]

” Why Does Classical Music Make You Smarter?

It allows you get a better Handel on your studies. “

And Chopin wood makes you stronger....

[Billthedrill]

You gotta stop Haydn yer feelings.

[bboop]

‘a type of music that makes you dumber’ - how about really bad worship music?

[showme_the_Glory]

Nonsense! Why, I've listened to metal for years, and I...uh...thingy. Makes me think of "The Houseplant Song" by Jars of Clay. "if it's syncopated rhythm your soul is gonna rot........."

[SWAMPSNIPER]

http://classicalwebcast.com/

[SWAMPSNIPER]

RAP!

[stephenjohnbanker]

Not bad : )

[Sherman Logan]

But this is a far cry from the higher math developed by Liebnitz and Newton and their successors.

Agreed.

[Pharmboy]

Is there anything else you can Liszt?

[stephenjohnbanker]

You mean “Chopin Liszt” ?

[chesley]

Very interesting. I wonder if there’s such thing as a type of music that makes you dumber.

Like the tuneless howling of the Imam from a minaret?

Nah, you've got to be pretty dumb to listen to it in the first place. Especially if you've ever known anything else.

[Ray76]

Oh c’mon, it’s “one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset” - Obama.

[Nateman]

A red thread connects Augustine’s concept with the discovery of irrational numbers in the 15th century and the invention of calculus in the 17th century.

Imaginary numbers were invented then but irrational numbers were known by Pythagoras in 540 B.C. It caused quite a scandal back then. Conflicted quite clearly with the prevailing philosophies of the time.

[Joe 6-pack]

"How about more violent?"

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