Re: [microsound] sgnidroceR esreveR

[Rod Stasick <rod@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2006 Sep 06, at 10:46 AM, { brad brace } wrote:

> On Wed, 6 Sep 2006, rinus van alebeek wrote:
>
> > >  Is there an audio equivalent of a palindrome?
> >
> > but the question is too easy,
> > every piece that you will play backwards after you have reached  
> > the middle
> > point will generate an audio equivalent of a palindrome.
>
> No, that's just it... the backwards sound will sound
> backwards. Are we all _that culturally inculcated? or is
> there some other factor at play? A dog! A panic in a pagoda!


I think it's just the simple fact that
when we hear a particular sound, it begins with an attack
and ends with a release and when it is played backwards,
it begins with a reverse release that gradually grows in intensity -
even if it is a soft sound. So, it is unusual for our ears.


Rod

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