do chimpanzee like music?
Published on july 12,2014 by Henkian Honing,Ph.D. in music mattres
nonhuman primates were thought to prefer silence over music based on research with ,e.g,
new world monkeys such as cotton-top tamarins and marmosets.In several studies the monkeys' living space was enriched with differend kinds of music. however, they preferred the areas with silence over these with music or other types of sound; a repertoire ranging from techno to mozart and german lullaby mozart was disliked most.
the study from emory university that came out last week used a selection of african,indian and japanese music to see whether chimpanzee would prefer any of these musical styles.A sample of each style was presented for forty minutes for eight days in different sections of their normal habitat.The question was:would they prefer to hang out in any of these areas?or would they choose the quieter or silent areas?
the study reports that the chimpanzee stayed significantly longer in areas where African or indian music was played,and avoided those with japanese music or silence. conclusion of the researchers:chimpanzee prefer some musical styles over other,suggesting it was the regular rhythm of the japanese music that put them off.
although it is suggested that apes(as opposed to monkeys)might have some of the neural circuitry that is needed for beat perception,it has never been shown that any of the great apes can perceive the beat in a rhythrmically varying stimulus such as music.
what has been shown,however, is that monkyes can be sensitive to the rythm structure or rhythmic grouping.Hence it is more likely that it is the rhythmic stucture(or rhythmic groping) that the chimpanzee use to distinguish between the musical fragments,instead of the perceived regularity: the beat.Nevertheless,it could also be any of those many other features of music that makes the difference for them:dynamic contour,timbre,note,desity,melodic contour,timing,etc.
do chimpanzee like music?
Published on july 12,2014 by Henkian Honing,Ph.D. in music mattres
nonhuman primates were thought to prefer silence over music based on research with ,e.g,
new world monkeys such as cotton-top tamarins and marmosets.In several studies the monkeys' living space was enriched with differend kinds of music. however, they preferred the areas with silence over these with music or other types of sound; a repertoire ranging from techno to mozart and german lullaby mozart was disliked most.
the study from emory university that came out last week used a selection of african,indian and japanese music to see whether chimpanzee would prefer any of these musical styles.A sample of each style was presented for forty minutes for eight days in different sections of their normal habitat.The question was:would they prefer to hang out in any of these areas?or would they choose the quieter or silent areas?
the study reports that the chimpanzee stayed significantly longer in areas where African or indian music was played,and avoided those with japanese music or silence. conclusion of the researchers:chimpanzee prefer some musical styles over other,suggesting it was the regular rhythm of the japanese music that put them off.
although it is suggested that apes(as opposed to monkeys)might have some of the neural circuitry that is needed for beat perception,it has never been shown that any of the great apes can perceive the beat in a rhythrmically varying stimulus such as music.
what has been shown,however, is that monkyes can be sensitive to the rythm structure or rhythmic grouping.Hence it is more likely that it is the rhythmic stucture(or rhythmic groping) that the chimpanzee use to distinguish between the musical fragments,instead of the perceived regularity: the beat.Nevertheless,it could also be any of those many other features of music that makes the difference for them:dynamic contour,timbre,note,desity,melodic contour,timing,etc.
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