Dixon Hill 4,229 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I know that at least Blume and I discussed this a bit last year, and I want to see if anyone else has any thoughts on it. Do you find that certain music sounds like what certain architecture looks like? What's the root of this perceptual phenomena? Some variant of synesthesia? Isn't there some quote by Goethe on the subject that people who want to seem deep post on their Facebook pages? Is that all that I'm doing, in a more convoluted way?This sounds like thisand no, it's not just because The Big Lebowski put them together. There's a real parallel between them. Did the Coens feel what I feel? Am I crazy? High? What's the deal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 2,726 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Probably due to what David Hume calls the "Association of Ideas," which for him is a way of saying the association of various sense perceptions. Thus, we might associate a given smell with a childhood memory or such. We associate space with emptiness and a solo flute with solitude--Williams cements this connection in SW. Big brick buildings we might associate with royal music or cathedrals with sacred music, etc.More than just the big picture connections, we might associate certain sonic groupings and approaches with smoothness, roughness, jaggedness, etc. The connection, then, with various architectural designs could naturally flow from these associations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 6,294 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Gome home, John Corigliano! Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karelm 2,355 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Probably due to what David Hume calls the "Association of Ideas," which for him is a way of saying the association of various sense perceptions. Thus, we might associate a given smell with a childhood memory or such. We associate space with emptiness and a solo flute with solitude--Williams cements this connection in SW. Big brick buildings we might associate with royal music or cathedrals with sacred music, etc.More than just the big picture connections, we might associate certain sonic groupings and approaches with smoothness, roughness, jaggedness, etc. The connection, then, with various architectural designs could naturally flow from these associations. I agree with this, it is basically conditioning. you hear a connection by being exposed to it over time.It's actually an interesting question and I would be interested to know if people not raised on Western tonalities would agree the music clip fits the architecture. I doubt it but it would be interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,229 Posted March 3, 2015 Author Share Posted March 3, 2015 Gome home, John Corigliano! KarolWho? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 6,294 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 He is a member here. Going by the name BloodBoal or something like that. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,202 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I heard a dude named Eric Whitacre frequents here too, under the guise of "TheGreyPilgrim"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 27,216 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I'm actually Michael Giacchino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,442 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I'm actually Micheal GiacchinoNot to be confused with Michael Giacchino. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,229 Posted March 3, 2015 Author Share Posted March 3, 2015 I heard a dude named Eric Whitacre frequents here too, under the guise of "TheGreyPilgrim"...The jig is up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,202 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 You couldn't fool me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,532 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,229 Posted March 3, 2015 Author Share Posted March 3, 2015 This thread has turned out exactly as I'd hoped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,202 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I'm Howard Shore naturally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,229 Posted March 3, 2015 Author Share Posted March 3, 2015 Probably due to what David Hume calls the "Association of Ideas," which for him is a way of saying the association of various sense perceptions. Thus, we might associate a given smell with a childhood memory or such. We associate space with emptiness and a solo flute with solitude--Williams cements this connection in SW. Big brick buildings we might associate with royal music or cathedrals with sacred music, etc.More than just the big picture connections, we might associate certain sonic groupings and approaches with smoothness, roughness, jaggedness, etc. The connection, then, with various architectural designs could naturally flow from these associations. I agree with this, it is basically conditioning. you hear a connection by being exposed to it over time.It's actually an interesting question and I would be interested to know if people not raised on Western tonalities would agree the music clip fits the architecture. I doubt it but it would be interesting.The second part of what Tom says is far more compelling than the first. As I said in the original post, I'm not interested in mere associations (the piece and house both being used in The Big Lebowski). That all sort of goes without saying I think. Musical tropes and whatnot. What I mean is the experience of listening to a piece of music, and visualizing it in an architectural way, and finding that it bears similarity to something. I suppose it's just based on aesthetic qualities like you suggest - smooth, rough, glassy, stony, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melange 446 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I don't know about musical connections, but that image above brought me back to Jakarta in Indonesia for a moment.(blurry pic, I know) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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