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RE: Music Science: Is music innate?
I can't help but to have my first thoughts go to thinking of our naturally rhythmic systems in our body! The heart first comes to mind. I think of the heart "BEAT" and it's significance musically in the Native American cultures in particular. I often have drawn from my native roots in that sense.
I also think of the electric rhythms of our brains and nervous systems. I think this could be where many world cultures probably get their inspirations from. Then again could it be the other way around? Does Art imitate Life... or is Life Imitating Art? Great post! I look forward to the follow up.
You raise some good points, and the body does have some notable rhythms aside from the heart - even the body's cells adhere to a particular 'tempo', something worth looking more into!
Yes, and I didn't want to mention it... but the menstrual cycle as well. I have seen some interesting data correlating some of the rhythms of our bodies to sun and lunar cycles as well. It seems EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED! Have you looked into CYMATICS? If not... THE PLOT THICKENS! hahaha
I'm with you on these views castleberry,
I would add some personal views too:
There are people that feels that internal rithms more than others but all of us own this skill. This point is well prooved by the fact that almost 100% of us like music and react unconsciously or not to it.
Every one has it's own preferences and different responses to the different music combinations they are exposed to. Cultural context and genetic patterns constantly sculps the individual musical perception as a whole.
Culture as a context is definetely a major factor on what we are .