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Q&A How can I learn to hear an octave-displaced popular piece, as easily as the popular piece?

At 0:20, Duke University Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Music R. Tarry Todd Education Ph.D., Yale University 1979 M.Phil., Yale University 1976 B.A., Yale University 1974 pur...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by TextKit‭  ·  edited 2y ago by TextKit‭

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#7: Post edited by user avatar TextKit‭ · 2022-05-21T17:13:42Z (almost 2 years ago)
  • At [0:20](https://youtu.be/1k3yb0o2uU0?t=20), Duke University Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Music [R. Tarry Todd](https://music.duke.edu/people/r-larry-todd)
  • >Education
  • >Ph.D., Yale University 1979
  • M.Phil., Yale University 1976
  • B.A., Yale University 1974
  • purports to play some random notes on a grand piano.
  • >Students and everybody else are saying, "Well, anybody can do that, it's just
  • random notes." So I said, "Well, what is this?" And then I played [plays notes on the piano].
  • Eventually, one student put up their hand, and I said, "Yes?", and she said, "That sort of
  • sounds like Happy Birthday." I said, "You're right, it was simply spread out over the
  • keyboard. So it was an attempt to show how composers can use register
  • sometimes taken to an extreme.
  • I've repeated Todd's playing ten times, but even after knowing that Todd's just octave displacing "Happy Birthday", I still can't hear this displacement as "Happy Birthday"! Is there something wrong with my hearing?
  • At [0:20](https://youtu.be/1k3yb0o2uU0?t=20), Duke University Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Music [R. Tarry Todd](https://music.duke.edu/people/r-larry-todd)
  • >Education
  • >
  • >Ph.D., Yale University 1979
  • M.Phil., Yale University 1976
  • B.A., Yale University 1974
  • purports to play some random notes on a grand piano.
  • >Students and everybody else are saying, "Well, anybody can do that, it's just
  • random notes." So I said, "Well, what is this?" And then I played [plays notes on the piano].
  • Eventually, one student put up their hand, and I said, "Yes?", and she said, "That sort of
  • sounds like Happy Birthday." I said, "You're right, it was simply spread out over the
  • keyboard. So it was an attempt to show how composers can use register
  • sometimes taken to an extreme.
  • I've repeated Todd's playing ten times, but even after knowing that Todd's just octave displacing "Happy Birthday", I still can't hear this displacement as "Happy Birthday"! Is there something wrong with my hearing?
#6: Question reopened by user avatar Monica Cellio‭ · 2021-03-08T14:06:37Z (about 3 years ago)
#5: Post edited by user avatar TextKit‭ · 2021-03-08T06:37:45Z (about 3 years ago)
  • At [0:20](https://youtu.be/1k3yb0o2uU0?t=20), Duke University Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Music [R Tarry Todd](https://music.duke.edu/people/r-larry-todd)
  • >Education
  • >Ph.D., Yale University 1979
  • M.Phil., Yale University 1976
  • B.A., Yale University 1974
  • purports to play some random notes on a grand piano.
  • >Students and everybody else are saying, "Well, anybody can do that, it's just
  • random notes." So I said, "Well, what is this?" And then I played [plays notes on the piano].
  • Eventually, one student put up their hand, and I said, "Yes?", and she said, "That sort of
  • sounds like Happy Birthday." I said, "You're right, it was simply spread out over the
  • keyboard. So it was an attempt to show how composers can use register
  • sometimes taken to an extreme.
  • I've repeated Todd's playing ten times, but even after knowing that Todd's just octave displacing "Happy Birthday", I still can't hear this displacement as "Happy Birthday"! Is there something wrong with my hearing?
  • At [0:20](https://youtu.be/1k3yb0o2uU0?t=20), Duke University Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Music [R. Tarry Todd](https://music.duke.edu/people/r-larry-todd)
  • >Education
  • >Ph.D., Yale University 1979
  • M.Phil., Yale University 1976
  • B.A., Yale University 1974
  • purports to play some random notes on a grand piano.
  • >Students and everybody else are saying, "Well, anybody can do that, it's just
  • random notes." So I said, "Well, what is this?" And then I played [plays notes on the piano].
  • Eventually, one student put up their hand, and I said, "Yes?", and she said, "That sort of
  • sounds like Happy Birthday." I said, "You're right, it was simply spread out over the
  • keyboard. So it was an attempt to show how composers can use register
  • sometimes taken to an extreme.
  • I've repeated Todd's playing ten times, but even after knowing that Todd's just octave displacing "Happy Birthday", I still can't hear this displacement as "Happy Birthday"! Is there something wrong with my hearing?
#4: Post edited by user avatar TextKit‭ · 2021-03-08T06:37:19Z (about 3 years ago)
  • I saved https://music.stackexchange.com/q/69330, but I can't access it. It got deleted? Can someone with enough reputation there copy and paste that question here? Thank you.
  • At [0:20](https://youtu.be/1k3yb0o2uU0?t=20), Duke University Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Music [R Tarry Todd](https://music.duke.edu/people/r-larry-todd)
  • >Education
  • >Ph.D., Yale University 1979
  • M.Phil., Yale University 1976
  • B.A., Yale University 1974
  • purports to play some random notes on a grand piano.
  • >Students and everybody else are saying, "Well, anybody can do that, it's just
  • random notes." So I said, "Well, what is this?" And then I played [plays notes on the piano].
  • Eventually, one student put up their hand, and I said, "Yes?", and she said, "That sort of
  • sounds like Happy Birthday." I said, "You're right, it was simply spread out over the
  • keyboard. So it was an attempt to show how composers can use register
  • sometimes taken to an extreme.
  • I've repeated Todd's playing ten times, but even after knowing that Todd's just octave displacing "Happy Birthday", I still can't hear this displacement as "Happy Birthday"! Is there something wrong with my hearing?
#3: Question closed by user avatar Monica Cellio‭ · 2021-01-19T01:46:24Z (about 3 years ago)
#2: Post edited by user avatar TextKit‭ · 2021-01-18T03:32:14Z (about 3 years ago)
  • I saved https://music.stackexchange.com/q/69330, but I can't access it. Can someone with enough reputation there copy and paste that question here?
  • I saved https://music.stackexchange.com/q/69330, but I can't access it. It got deleted? Can someone with enough reputation there copy and paste that question here? Thank you.
#1: Initial revision by user avatar TextKit‭ · 2021-01-18T03:30:56Z (about 3 years ago)
How can I learn to hear an octave-displaced popular piece, as easily as the popular piece? 
I saved https://music.stackexchange.com/q/69330, but I can't access it. Can someone with enough reputation there copy and paste that question here?