https://padlet.com/kyleoge/s23eqmoisawu Music Appreciation en-us 2017-10-11 17:48:09 UTC 2025-11-03 10:41:56 UTC hello@padlet.com kyleoge https://padlet.com/kyleoge/s23eqmoisawu/wish/196150586 Musical qualities have different meanings in different cultures. In our Western culture, for example, a minor chord would be considered sad, while I major chord would likely be considered more happy. In other cultures, however, a minor chord may convey a completely different emotion. These chords don't have any innate emotion attached to them, our Western ears are just trained to hear a minor chord as a sad chord and a major chord as a happy one. Transmission is the idea that some qualities of music convey emotion universally, transcending cultural influences and preconceived notions of music. For example, if a song is slow, and quiet, it tends towards being sad or contemplative. Regardless of culture, a slow song will usually evoke a certain set of emotions within the listener. Likewise, loud and fast songs have a natural tendency to sound aggressive. A loud, booming drum is startling and  makes us alert. This is true regardless of how a person is raised or how their culture has impacted their idea of music. Included in this Padlet are two examples of songs that "transmit" emotion to the listener]]> 2017-10-11 17:54:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kyleoge/s23eqmoisawu/wish/196150586 kyleoge https://padlet.com/kyleoge/s23eqmoisawu/wish/196157863 This is a soft love song mentioned by Ratliff in the reading. John Lennon's voice is soft and calming, and the guitar plays a quiet and repetitive pattern. Regardless of who listens to this song, I imagine they would agree that it's peaceful and reverent, simply based on the song's tone and speed.]]> 2017-10-11 18:07:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kyleoge/s23eqmoisawu/wish/196157863 kyleoge https://padlet.com/kyleoge/s23eqmoisawu/wish/196159907 This song is slow and peaceful, and the singer has a soft and drawn out voice. While someone from a different culture may have a different idea of the exact emotion behind this song, I'm sure they would find it peaceful and calming in the same way a Western listener would.]]> 2017-10-11 18:10:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kyleoge/s23eqmoisawu/wish/196159907 kyleoge https://padlet.com/kyleoge/s23eqmoisawu/wish/196161477 "We come to a slow minimalist acoustic guitar song with words coming out in careful, continuous, long exhalations... and we know it is respectfully acknowledging something more powerful and mysterious than the singer himself."

"Giving more than you need to is an act of transmission. So is exposing doubt through music, admitting that we don't have the answers or the plan, writing words embodying that lack of plan, singing in a way that embodies those words." ]]> 2017-10-11 18:14:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kyleoge/s23eqmoisawu/wish/196161477 kyleoge https://padlet.com/kyleoge/s23eqmoisawu/wish/196163433 These drums are played quickly and loudly, and are meant to motivate Japanese soldiers. Despite their distance from the West, the Japanese still use frantic and loud rhythms to communicate aggression and power.]]> 2017-10-11 18:17:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kyleoge/s23eqmoisawu/wish/196163433 kyleoge https://padlet.com/kyleoge/s23eqmoisawu/wish/196165104 The Shakuhachi is a Japanese flute. Music on it is typically written differently to Western music, and a song that sounds happy to us may sound sad to a Japanese listener or vice versa. However, songs on the Shakuhachi will usually be slow and calming. Even a Western listener with little to no exposure to Japanese music can hear a Shakuhachi piece and understand somewhat what the player is trying to communicate.]]> 2017-10-11 18:20:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kyleoge/s23eqmoisawu/wish/196165104