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Music
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Do You Have Perfect Pitch?
Absolute pitch, commonly referred to as perfect pitch, is the ability to recognize the pitch of a sound without an external reference. Research shows that there are a few things you can do to increase your chances of developing what you may have been born with.
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Communication and Emotional Expression (Part 2): Other People’s Words
The world often has a very narrow view of what effective communication looks like. There are, in fact, many ways people can communicate. One method involves conveying thoughts and feelings, through other peoples' words.
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The Most Valuable Lesson I Learned from Playing the Violin
The seemingly obvious lesson that only took me twenty-three years to learn.
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A Conversation with Carl King: Writer, Director, Artist.
"There is a stereotype that goes along with being creative, and society assumes an artist has to have unusual sunglasses or wacky hairstyle, and to be unable to take care of themselves in basic ways (...). Being creative is a playful process, but it doesn't mean you have to be a full-time child."
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What if Music and Language Are Neither Instinct nor Invention?
Once humans were sufficiently smart and social that cultural evolution could pick up steam, a new blind watchmaker was let loose on the world, one that could muster designs worthy of natural selection, and in a fraction of the time. Cultural selection could shape our artifacts to co-opt our innate capabilities.
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Linking Disparate Ideas and Building Musical Sculptures Out of Trash
A look at an artist's work and a tool for sparking creativity.
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You Know What It Is: Learning Words through Listening to Hip-Hop
Can music influence language learning?
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Attentive Collaboration by the Audience: Essential but Not Easy
The collaboration of performer and audience is essential because it affects the quality of the performer's artwork, but it is not an entirely easy thing to achieve, and in some cases there are cultural obstacles to achieving it.
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Responsibility of the Audience
The responsibility of audience members at concerts, plays and dance performances goes beyond mere courtesy
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The Power of Music: Interview with Donna Stoering
Pianist and activist Donna Stoering talks about music and "Power of Eight" at Carnegie Hall.
