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[meganursula]

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/healthscience/134595127_music13.html


While this doesn't bode well for my ability to become musical at such a late age (something i find profoundly depressing, btw), it does make me wonder about training an ANN to emulate song...

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[shoebox-bird.livejournal.com]

Hey, cool! Thanks for posting the URL.

There's all kinda of cool brain-music stuff out there. Like how most people who speak chinese have perfect pitch, stuff on music-aphasia, how infants learn music, etc. Neat stuff :)

[wandelrust.livejournal.com]

Don't despair, I've starting trying to teach myself the guitar, and can already play the NBC tones!

[cortneyofeden.livejournal.com]

You're so cute. :o)

Tell me again when you can play the whole piece that was taken out of. It's a wonderful work. But no big surprise in that - it's a John Williams composition. :o) ef2p and I were spoiled to get to hear the Pittsburgh Pops playing it, conducted by The Master himself. Too bad they took three notes out of it and scrapped the rest for their purposes.

That reminds me that I really wanted to find a recording of it. Wonder if it has a name.....

[wandelrust.livejournal.com]

I don't remember the name of the piece, but I have heard it. I'm fairly certain it's on one of the "Best of John Williams" CDs.

And I was lucky enough to hear him conduct the Boston Pops, before he retired. Of course, I was a kid, so I didn't appreciate it.

[wandelrust.livejournal.com]

It may be "Mission Theme for orchestra (Theme for NBC News)" (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005YCL6/qid=1039970482/sr=2-2/ref=sr_2_2/002-4973862-7944861).