Re: [Harp-L] Musical Predictions

[icemanle@xxxxxxx]

 uh, I'm not certain about that...


Would this be Eisenberg's uncertainty principle?


 

 


 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Will Greener <willgreener@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thu, Jan 28, 2010 7:54 am
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Musical Predictions


"if you don't surprise them 20% of the time, they will lose interest"

Would this be Eisenberg's uncertainty principle?

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--- On Wed, 27/1/10, icemanle@xxxxxxx <icemanle@xxxxxxx> wrote:

From: icemanle@xxxxxxx <icemanle@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Musical Predictions
To: reedwrecker@xxxxxxxxx, harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wednesday, 27 January, 2010, 12:45


 I teach an understanding of music based on a formula I came up with - 80/20 
(not based on scientific evidence - just intuition. Nice to note that this 
article reaffirms what I've found to be true).

80% of the time, if the audience is able to "predict" what comes next, they 
become comfortable with the music. However, if you don't surprise them 20% of 
the time, they will lose interest, as it becomes "too familiar". If you surprise 
them more than, say 20%, they become uncomfortable in their failure to be able 
to predict, and you may lose them this way.

 


 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Albanese <reedwrecker@xxxxxxxxx>
To: harp-l <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tue, Jan 26, 2010 10:03 pm
Subject: [Harp-L] Musical Predictions


I thought this was an interesting explaination for what makes music
meaningful and satisfying to the human brain...

http://scienceblogs.com/cortex/2010/01/musical_predictions.php

Harp content: Try not to be too predictable in your playing.

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