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Beatboxers: Playing on the Listener's Brain
How listener’s hear beatboxing, and how the performer exploits an auditory illusion in performance.
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Does the sound of a coffee shop help you work?
Ever tried to work in Starbucks? Did the hubbub of the cafe help your creativity?
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Tone deafness
At my saxophone lesson this weekend, my teacher asked me to sing what I was meant to be playing. It was pretty excrutiating and it took me a few attempts to hit the notes correctly. Fortunately, I’m not completely tone deaf, just a little out of practice. It’s estimated that tone deafness (congenital amusia) affects…