{"id":2507,"date":"2021-12-14T11:47:02","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T19:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicalmakiko.com\/en\/?p=2507"},"modified":"2021-12-14T11:47:04","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T19:47:04","slug":"what-is-music-to-our-ears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicalmakiko.com\/en\/nikkan-sun-the-way-of-the-pianist\/2507","title":{"rendered":"What is Music to Our Ears?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is the English translation of my Japanese article to appear in\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nikkansan.com\/english_info\" target=\"_blank\">Nikkan San<\/a>\u00a0on November 19th, 2021, as a part of my bi-weekly column, \u201c<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nikkansan.com\/column\/writer\/makiko_hirata\" target=\"_blank\">The Way of the Pianist<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Would you consider sounds insects make &#8220;music&#8221;? Crickets? Cicadas? &#8230;Flies? What about mosquitos? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the 1970&#8217;s, Dr. Tadanobu Tsunoda published papers claiming that native Japanese speakers processed insect sounds in different brain regions from speakers of other languages who seemed  to largely process insects as noise. His assertions caught media attention, as well as scrutiny and criticisms about his employed methods, but he has not changed his position, and now his son is continuing the study with updated methods.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regardless of the accuracy of his study, it is true that Japanese culture cherishes subtlety in their sound environment more than the Americans. For example, in the traditional Japanese tea ceremony, the sound of the water being boiled and poured, and the tea being whisked are all considered a part of the hospitality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Can Westerners appreciate insect sounds as music, or even language? Apparently so. 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