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Old 12-21-2010, 12:09 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Skaligojurah View Post
In primal man, sounds would give extra insight on what's around you. You may not know what a sound is, but you need a reaction. Lets say you're wondering around in the forest with nothing on but a torn up animal hide. You hear a big sound, it creates fear, because it's something big like a predator you might need to run from. You hear the sound of trickling water far away, it calms you, because you know you might be near somewhere safe for survival.
That actually makes a lot of sense to me. I've always wondered what gives a particular sounds it's emotional power (like minor chords being very sad sounding, for example). I guess it's how we evolved and the reaction we have to the ambient sounds around us.

I wonder if there was some giant beast that ran around belting out major chord sounds we would all associate major chords with fear.
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