From: Barnaby Marsh Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2016 5:26 PM To: jeffrey E.; Nowak, Martin; Joscha Bach; Joi Ito Subject: Re: I want to try!!! I was thinking Mozart symphonies nos 38, 40, 41, though th= first movements of 38 and 40 might not work in tandem- or do they? I want=to try!!! On ferry from Nantucket right now in NYC tomorrow... On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 8:45 AM jeffrey=E. <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> &=t; wrote: today I conducted an experiment encouraged by Noam's wholly ju=tified aggressive and detailed directives to joscha. . =C24> joshcha focused on layers being developed in the =rain . the timing for the development of each layer being diff=rent per species . I postulate that music might be = frosted window into that structure. symphonies be=in with their first " layer " a theme. in fact , 44=AI) there might be more than one theme in the first layer „ the sec=nd part of symphonic form is the complex development stage.Q=A0 where those themes are inverted, deconstructed , reco=structed etc ,and the development stage takes the most time .=C240 in the conclusion of the symphonic form the =ecapitulation of all that has come before it forms a " ph=nenoma of the piece " a whole ,made up of its smal=er concepts . As opposed to listening to music to =ecord which neuron is firing, as most musciolgists attempt . =C240 I propose that the music may be the audible result of those ne=rons firing, made possible by a select few who would attempt tc4=A0 notate those neuronal firings. Beethoven for ex=mple. The experiment . I mashed all of the= four symphonies together , playing recordings of=C2* the 3rd 5th 6th 7th all overlayed on =ach other, playing at the same time. - the way a brain might d=velop. I expected an ordered noise but to the surprising contr=ry , IT WAS AMAZING. . you can =ear new "concepts " forming, <=r> it wonder whether in the mind of a blind child ,=the " music" would be created even without the visua= r