World Science Festival 2009: Notes & Neurons, Part 7 of 10

[dakotamanomgwtf]

I wouldn't have picked any of those notes the singers used wtf??

[dakotamanomgwtf]

@dakotamanomgwtf the first two i mean

[wushish]

are you sure that the western "singers" were actual singers?

[Goodspittin]

Really? I finished the Indian scale, then again, music is a big thing in my family

[ronyoshii]

also the last audio clip kind of gave away what scale they were using. so no points lol

[ronyoshii]

@thefirstwesternsinger the notes she started with weren't even major so she could have at least tried that. . .

[Sarandib22]

Wow, that first singer wasn't listening at ALL. x_x But it's incredible how fast she picked it up all the same.

[jebitesepichke]

the first western singer is mentally retarded!

[trytomatis]

isn´t it a matter of creativity and wheter you have a "polyglotte" ear. what a silly research!

[ragingscythe]

interesting, but i think you all bring up a good point in that some of that experiment may have to do with just their musical abilities or exposure (to western music with non-standard musical structure), and not just cultural acclimation

[LeTrioPerdu]

Is this really science?

Waw...

[musichopper]

Those American singers are mentally retarded. I am 100% confident that I would fill in the proper notes of the scale. By ear I am hearing that it is probably just the 5th mode of the harmonic minor scale or something.

[Element404]

@musichopper I'm pretty sure I heard some quarter tones in there actually.

[Shellewell]

@musichopper Mentally retarded is a strong term, they just don't have he modes ingrained which is a common thing with western singers

[scoggles]

It's interesting that the examples they're responding to don't have a strong final. The "Indian" scale being used is fairly common in Western Classical music after the mid-19th century. In movable-do solfège it would be mi-fa-si-la-ti-do-ri-mi'. The minor second at the start of the scale is akin to any other Phrygian variant, which have been part of western music since Pythagoras. What's more rare in western music is to have two augmented seconds in one scale.

[cachaslokas]

I think ti is si, B as in do re mi fa sol la ti 

[Bolorinvasore]

ti? me?

[TheRatcheteer]

They're using Audacity of course

[ferociousfrankie]

@TheRatcheteer wow, you're right haha.

[ib5johann]

me? or mi?

[eoinsac]

You're right - should be mi.

[rootvalue]

@eoinsac Written the way it is, wouldn't it be pronounced 'meh', as in 'Mary', as opposed to 'mi' as in 'mean'? Just enthusiastic about music theory. Thanks. :)