[ExI] what's the use?

[William Flynn Wallace]

Perhaps a precursor to music was rhythm.  Think of the use of drums sending
messages a long way.  And, at least to me, a good rhythm makes my feet
start tapping, which leads to the invention of dance.  While dancing one
might vocalize one's enjoyment and that could lead to primitive musical
notes.  I wish I had studied the history of African music while I was a
music major.   bill w

On Sat, Oct 26, 2024 at 5:30 AM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> It is said that music is a universal language.  This would bolster that
> statement.
>
> On Sat, Oct 26, 2024, 3:32 AM Kelly Anderson via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> I recently saw a YouTube video (sorry, can't say which one I'm afraid,
>> but it was an interview by Neil DeGrass Tyson and friends) that proposed
>> that based upon some fuzzy unexplained data that musical ability might have
>> preceded our ability to speak by a relatively large time. It was a very
>> interesting proposition. So perhaps speech is a side effect of having
>> musical ability... and not the other way around.
>>
>> -Kelly
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 11, 2024 at 1:17 PM Keith Henson via extropy-chat <
>> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Music is a side effect of our ability to speak and the bilateral
>>> symmetry of the brain.  A stroke in the area opposite Broca's area
>>> wipes out musical ability.  (This is in one of Oliver Sacks' books.)
>>>
>>> Keith
>>>
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