Saturday, February 22, 2014

Brain scans of jazz musicians unveil language and music similarities

Brain scans of jazz musicians unveil language and music similarities
Neurology News & Neuroscience News from Medical News Today

Jazz fans will know that a defining characteristic of the genre - whose greats include Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Charles Mingus - are the spontaneous "musical conversations" that spark up when members of a jazz band improvise. This improvisation bears similarity to human speech, with the players often taking it in turns to trade lines that build up into a dialogue.

Original Article: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/273060.php

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