What determines how well someone can follow or catch a rhythm? What makes it easy for some people to nod along to grime but hard for others for example? Why can't some people even clap along to house?
This is a topic which has occupied my mind for a long time. My shallow dive into wikipedia has brought up this theory on the human appreciation of rhythm:
This may explain the human 'need' for rhythm appreciation but doesn't explain why some people or groups of people (you know where I'm going with this) are better at it than others. Is it a result of genes or conditioning or both?
Anyone know more about it?
This is a topic which has occupied my mind for a long time. My shallow dive into wikipedia has brought up this theory on the human appreciation of rhythm:
In his series How Music Works, Howard Goodall presents theories that rhythm recalls how we walk and the heartbeat we heard in the womb. However neither would seem to have any survival value in Man's evolution. More likely is that a simple pulse or di-dah beat recalls the footsteps of another person. Our sympathetic urge to dance is designed to boost our energy levels in order to cope with someone, or some animal chasing us -- a fight or flight response. It is possibly also rooted in courtship ritual
This may explain the human 'need' for rhythm appreciation but doesn't explain why some people or groups of people (you know where I'm going with this) are better at it than others. Is it a result of genes or conditioning or both?
Anyone know more about it?