In Reply to: I'm talking five and a half decades! [nt] ;-) posted by Chris from Lafayette on September 26, 2022 at 00:05:23:
What is lost and altered in the first few seconds after hearing it is lost. What we are left with are key cues that trigger recognition. But not a complete aural document that can be used as an objective reference
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- Doesn't change human biology - Analog Scott 02:30:04 09/26/22 (13)
- If aural memory didn't exist you couldn't sing your favorite song. - geoffkait 05:02:04 09/26/22 (12)
- I think he's talking about fine musical details, not broad musical sweeps. (nt - peppy m. 10:27:38 09/26/22 (11)
- Pop Quiz - geoffkait 10:45:45 09/26/22 (2)
- Concert musicians practice incessantly so they get to know certain pieces of music very well... - peppy m. 13:34:00 09/26/22 (1)
- I suspect they're working on their technique and agility, not their memory however. - geoffkait 14:18:22 09/26/22 (0)
- It's a matter of data reduction - Analog Scott 10:44:25 09/26/22 (7)
- Your ancestors go back 10 million years? Yikes! - geoffkait 06:50:51 09/27/22 (6)
- Golly, I can trace my Irish ancestry back only 14,000 years. - John Marks 16:52:22 09/27/22 (5)
- I traced mine back to a circuit rider and cattle rustler in 1800s. - geoffkait 08:42:45 09/28/22 (4)
- Who - your Daddy? - Story 09:00:09 09/28/22 (2)
- One was my Daddy, the other was your Mommy. Nt - geoffkait 13:13:29 09/28/22 (1)
- this reply wasn't bad - Story 13:23:37 09/28/22 (0)
- Those darned Neanderthals ! (nt - peppy m. 08:55:34 09/28/22 (0)