tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907216.post2061929485708690410..comments2024-03-22T22:39:49.773-05:00Comments on I don't know, but . . .: Music memoryjameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3907216.post-6606227262893251132017-02-02T13:28:58.018-06:002017-02-02T13:28:58.018-06:00One of my OCD hums left over from childhood is a b...One of my OCD hums left over from childhood is a blend of two melodies, but other than that I think they separate well in my mind. Verses, however, do muddle together quite easily, as anyone who tries to sing the later verses of Christmas carols knows. Substituting "gentle" for "restless" seems quite plausible, but it does lead to a puzzling question of <i>how,</i> exactly. They are both two-syllable, but they are opposites. They can't be in the same memory folder.<br /><br />Except they can, of course, if one comes from another direction. The mind seeks a two-syllable word to go with the meter of the song, suggesting that tune is the driver, and perhaps meter is the dominant piece of that. We used to play a guessing game of identifying a song if all the notes were played as quarters and it was very hard. Giving someone the meter with no pitch was also hard, yet less so. But the mind may not be looking for "two-syllable words of broadly X meaning," but "two-syllable words that might go with wind," or "two syllable words that might get used in a hymn." Or even some combination of those, as the brain can be very quick about some things, even as it struggles with others.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.com