It appears that classical music east or west tranqulizes the listener, the western is more harmony based where as the oriental one is solo oriented. Thats not all A lot more notes are missing. I'd be happy to learn more
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Your right, western music is based off the twelve note chromatic scale; wheras eastern music uses a totally different a-tonal pattern; which gives it that 'ethereal' sound. I could write a lot more about it, but it's way early in the morning, and my brain isn't up to speed yet...\n\nHope this helps!
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I totallly agree with you.  I asked a question like that a while back and for the most parts it seems like people can't get past their own narrowmindness to look into something a little bit.  I guess it's just easier to say "I like pop, and everything else sucks."  There are certain genres of music that I don't particularly care for but I'm not going to judge somebody or throw out racial comments because they like something that I don't.  I thought music was supposed to be the universal language that brought people together?
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I can read music so im going to give you exactly what I think  its notes are F#  F#  F#       DA       F#       DA    F#     C#C#C#   DA\nF(natual)   DA   F#    F#(high)  F#F#F#( the last one high)  FE   E(flat)DE(flat). Good luck!
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As an Asian, I have a rough sense of that but you will have to elaborate it yourself.\n\nFirst, culturally, East Asia, as you see on the map is closer to China and therefore came under much Chinese influence in the past centuries. The sphere of influence is called as Yu Jia circle. Yu Jia is a set of ideas on families, politics and how a person should live. Why the Japanese and the Thai devoted so much to their kings? Because Yu Jia said so.\n\nOn the other hand, West Asians are more subjected to influences from the middle east and even Europe. They often believe in Islam and the food they eat is also different. That I don't know much.\n\nSecondly, there are also politics reasons behind the separation. Here are some directions I can give you: energy struggle, Russia, China and the US building their spheres of influences....\n\nThirdly there are climatic differences ( which in turn affects the cultures): the west is drier and the east is more humid. Different crops are grown in the two regions and led to different rate of economic development.\n\nThat's all I can tell you now but if you really need some more information, send me an email and there are probably some resources in Hong Kong that I can send you. Don't hesitate to ask for help if you need to.
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Wind Beneath my Wings is played a lot.  Also a lot of hymns or classical music without lyrics. Greensleeves and stuff like that.
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Some classical music have an extra ordinary effect on me. I have to stop what I'm doing and listen to it.  I feel it  filling up my body it's so beauty.  I don't know why music has that effect on humans.  There must be a scientific reason.
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I pulled up that episode on youtube to check it out.  I'm afraid my answer is not "quite interesting" but it might still get me the ten points, which coincidentally is the same anount of points awarded on QI if my answer is correct!  What you were hearing was not in fact a published song but selected preprogramed rhythms available on an electric keyboard.  My Casio keyboard is similarly equiped, all you need to do is select the style and key, then you can overlap them.\n\nHere is the link for the first part of that episode...
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Yes!  Take a look at the following site and listen to the examples through the ages.  You'll need Real player.  Every 50 years or so there are some pretty major developments... harmony, new instruments, the concerto, the symphony, opera, sanatas, rondo form, minimalism, serialism, oratorios, symphonic poems, etc...  When you REALLY get into it, you'll find classical music an amazing journey.  It's very diverse and continues to change and add new sounds and ideas.  Ex. I'm hearing a lot of classic rock style in chamber music latley.  That seems to be one popular "thing" for classical composers now.  Listen to Michael Daugherty and Elvis Schoenberg (Ross Wright) for eaxmaples of this.  Enjoy!\n\nhttp://www.ipl.org/div/mushist/
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classical music be it western,hindustani,african....................
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it would need to be theatrical type piano and possibly orchestra type music so you might try online as opposed to your local stores, but ya never know. Ask around the  shops, look  in that general direction.  But they did use orchestras and piano, bass, cello, oboe,violin, (all together now) that kinda thing. orchestral music isn't just modern symphonies...maybe try looking for movie titles online and see if it tells you what music they used?
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I really hope that more support for Eastern Medicines will grow within the next few years.  To be honest, Western Medicine, for the most part, is a reactive medicine, whereas, Eastern Medicines are more preventative.  The results are normally longer lasting as well.\n\n-Colourgirlie ^_^. (wife to a future Traditional Chinese Medical Doctor)
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It's POP music "Japan style"! Some of it is kind of cool. I listen to all kinds of music. Have a nice day. ^_^
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See if your college/university has a Musicology Department. There have been studies done by Musicologist on that subject. I was studying Musicology for my Masters.
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You are soooo right ... JAZZ is the way to go !!! Though I am grown now (42) ... I was an avid fan of JAZZ as a teen ... even sang it (still do) . So much of the music today is way to harsh ... all the undertones & shattering vibration's messing with the delicate system's within our bodies ... literally making people ill mentally & physically ... no wonder people have so many problem's these day's ... just think about it !!!!! I think like you ... I will just stick to the beautiful , calm & soothing sound's of JAZZ :) . Have a great dance !!!!
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As a musician (although a lazy one) I prefer listening to classical or Romantic music on a regular basis. However, if I am cramming for a test I do best with no music on at all, especially if it's technical information. I found that out the hard way in chemistry in high school, where listening to mood music in the background proved a terrible distraction for about four of us in the class. We were directed back into the quiet lab to finish our assignment, and that worked out. I think the chemistry teacher was trying to find out if using mood music would help us concentrate better in class. I guess if you are into composing and analyzing music to any extent, it is better to keep music separate from most studying, as listening to music would not be a passive activity.
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Their are alot of bands from europe that get alot of coverage and sell albumns, while over here they have a very small following or have only had one hit single. That is because of cultural diferrences. Right now the majority of people in North America want synthetic pop, generic rock bands, rap and r&b. In North America people pay more attention to what is marketed for them to listen to, while people in Europe look at bands like Nightwish and bands with a great deal of musical talent. If you look at the simple puritanical and ethnic begginings of north american culture and business and the deeper more musicaly influential european culture with mozart, bach, beetoven and even more modern like The Rolling Stones and The Beatles you see why europe goes with better music and america goes with the most generic. Also in the past 25 years the USA has been closing itself off to the rest of the world, and controlling the stimuli through mass marketing to make the people as numb as possible. The current music trend in the USA is evidence of this.
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Doesn't Wat have an h in it? \n\nI like both Types of Music.... Country and Western.