![]() WMA: Sure, take homing pigeons for example. But that is the boring part right? The interesting part, the part that brings the music to life, are all the other “navigational” skills we bring to the written notes.ĭR: And these skills, you believe they may be biological and they are similar to actual navigation? WMA: So there are really two levels here right? Humans being humans, we have to put a musical score in our hand first-a map if you will-which attempts to put down all the parameters, the compass headings, the landmarks, the topographic features and what not. Among the “tools” they use are sun clocks, internal compasses, very low infrasound waves, weather forecasting!, olfactory senses, landmark memory, and even imprinting-memories passed on from generation to generation.ĭR: Incredible and how would you equate that to what a singer does when singing? WMA: Well birds are the most obvious example with their formidable migrations. Always multiple skills are being used simultaneously. WMA: Yes, what’s really remarkable is that almost always it is not just one thing. ![]() Interview by DR Shuteski (mediocre lifelong student of music)ĭR: So I’m fascinated by the parallels you draw between how we get our bearings in music and all the innate skills animals and humans use to navigate the world. ![]() Singing as Navigation or The Many Ways to Find Our Way In MusicĪ conversation with Wolfgang “Marco” Amundsen (descended from Mozart/Polo/Amundsen (or so he claims) author of “How to Sing Your Way Out of the Shower”. ![]()
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