[lit-ideas] Re: The Cosmic Blues?

  • From: Andy Amago <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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  • Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 19:44:02 -0700 (PDT)

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From: Chris Bruce <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Jun 15, 2004 9:13 AM
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Subject: [lit-ideas] The Cosmic Blues?

Two consecutive sentences from HARPER'S WEEKLY REVIEW (June 15, 2004)

http://www.harpers.org/WeeklyReview2004-06-15.html

        An astronomer in Virginia reconstructed
        the sound of the Big Bang and discovered
        that it sounded at first like a "majestic"
        major third chord and then changed to a
        "sadder" minor third. Ray Charles died.



A.A. I could not find this article through this link.  I heard part of a 
discussion on string theory recently to which this relates.  Apparently strings 
are, depending on which of five theories one chooses, vibrating bits of energy 
which exist in up to 12 diimensions.  The point was made that the vibrating 
energy is music.  Scientists refer to it as the "mind of God."  No one to my 
knowledge has documented specifically what music it is, and how it transcends 
dimensions.  It makes me wonder what kind of music deaf people hear.

Someone was telling me that Ray Charles learned to play the piano by reading 
Braille.  He would use one hand to read the music and the other to play.  They 
he would switch hands.  Eventually he learned each hand well enough to put them 
together.  I'm sure he would have no trouble distinguishing majestic majors 
from sad minors.  I wonder if that's what Harpers was getting at.


Andy Amago



Chris Bruce
Kiel, Germany
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