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Originally posted by jayne lee wilson View PostDoesn't Dumbarton Oaks do it for you? Symphony in Three Movements? The gentler pleasures of Agon? Not easily reduced for piano either...
Tried this one Jayne - interesting!
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No! Mirrors, bars... back in the rehearsal room - with a shudder...Originally posted by cloughie View Post
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"It contains a sustaining rhythm that starts at 60 beats per minute and gradually slows to around 50.
"While listening, your heart rate gradually comes to match that beat.
"It is important that the song is eight minutes long because it takes about five minutes for this process, known as entrainment, to occur.
"The fall in heart rate also leads to a fall in blood pressure.
"The harmonic intervals - or gaps between notes - have been chosen to create a feeling of euphoria and comfort.
"And there is no repeating melody, which allows your brain to completely switch off because you are no longer trying to predict what is coming next.
"Instead, there are random chimes, which helps to induce a deeper sense of relaxation.
"The final element is the low, whooshing sounds and hums that are like buddhist chants.
"High tones stimulate but these low tones put you in a trance-like state."
According to the best estimates of astronomers there are at least one hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe.
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Did you see the lovely photography in this one....
Last edited by eighthobstruction; 09-02-12, 12:02.bong ching
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