Interesting Update to my Blog on the Nicholas Brothers
A few days ago I posted a blog on the amazing tap dance team The Nicholas Brothers, mentioning how my friend Adrien had explained to me that "swing" is actually such a unique rhythm that on musical sheets composers just write it down as "swing time", and musicians understand that it's the kind of thing that "You either have it or you don't".
Thought this appearence on The Daily Show by author Oliver Sacks (author of the noted book about brains "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat") , talking about his latest book "Musicophilia" makes an interesting footnote:
"You never lose rhythm. Rhythm is deep, deep in the brain. Any child starts to keep time or dance with music and that's a purely human thing. A chimpanze can't dance."
Thought this appearence on The Daily Show by author Oliver Sacks (author of the noted book about brains "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat") , talking about his latest book "Musicophilia" makes an interesting footnote:
"You never lose rhythm. Rhythm is deep, deep in the brain. Any child starts to keep time or dance with music and that's a purely human thing. A chimpanze can't dance."
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
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