ScienceDaily (Mar. 8, 2012) — The hair cells of the inner ear have a previously unknown “root” extension that may allow them to communicate with nerve cells and the brain to regulate sensitivity to sound vibrations and head position, researchers at the University of…
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I have chosen this as the first transcription of my winter break. A couple Scott La Faro choruses should keep me busy for a little while.
Music’s great virtue is its great curse: a listener needs to understand almost nothing of a song’s art, meaning, intent, or contexts to react powerfully to it. The universality of music’s effectiveness is peculiar: people of every conceivable sort have musical preferences they integrate into…
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i’ve played double bass since i was 10. my earliest awareness of the double bass was a beautiful, dark instrument on my dad’s jazz albums covers and the deep, stirring sound from the records within …
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