Now, just how might one empirically or metaphysically respond to your pile of doting inquiries Anne? Please choose one or 2 that really urks you the most, as they all appear easily rebuttable (to varying degrees of your dissatisfaction).
I notice you appreciate Piano Performance. I've been looking for an Evo-pianist a long time try to explain to me how music could have possibly evolved in the frontal lobes of old world monkeys (OWMs). Any suggestions?
Several Evos here gleefully took the challenge with statements approximating: "It's communciation; as communciation it enhanced survival via intonations and such". And, "its appreciation involves pattern recognition which itself must have evolved for survival of the fittest", etc.
Consider, Anne. You have (probably) ten fingers that independently and concertedly seem to know variations and inversions of C chords, the 12 octave notes with its 7 major notes and thousands of other peculiarly excellent and orderly arrangements.
You know when B flat is better than F, C, G, etc. as your subtonic. Your recognition of measures is doubtlessly a non-conscious effort of appropriate (if you will) beats with perfectly syncronized half and quarter-rests that add proportionate symmetry to the beauty of the notes riding in the treble and base clefts (if you will).
Your eyes scan the music scores in graceful appreciation of the song that is about to sound at your ten fingers.
Disregarding the shallow modernist music; most of your real masters, who spent arduous hours of inspired time composing your pieces, addressed their pieces to their Redeemer-Christ and/or God's creation without any thought of evolution whatsoever.
Is it evolutionary science, or metaphysical love from God (music that is)?
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