Re: [microsound] miles of styles of philosophes

[dr144@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Ian Reddy)]

>> Ian Reddy wrote:
>>  > Also certain sounds are
>> > culturally constructed as being connected to certain emotions (such
>> as the
>> > connection of low droning sounds to feelings of gloom) 
>
>Explain more about the cultural construction that connects low droning
>sounds to a feeling either gloom or otherwise?

Just consider the fact that ambient music which features low droning
sounds is often referred to as 'dark ambient' when darkness is not
an inherent property of the music.  Darkness is, in turn, associated with
negative feelings (as well as a number of other things in some 
fairly well known binaries, light/dark is analogous to good/evil, 
happy/sad, intelligence/ignorance etc.)  So these connections form 
between things that aren't inherently connected, and they form through 
language and culture.  And that's how sounds become connected to
emotions I think.  

You are not obligated to invest into these connections,
of course, and therefore it's reasonable that one wouldn't necessarily
think of low drones as being connected to any emotions or anything in
particular.

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