Audio library
Here you will find various audio files split into two groups: tracks specifically intended for use alongside the activity and homework exercises, and some more general tracks that illustrate some of the audio effects described in 'Big Picture: Music, Mind and Medicine'.
Activity and homework tracks
These audio files are for use with the classroom activity and homework exercises.
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1. Dance music composed by Zack Moir (1 min 25 s)
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2a. Violin string (9 s)
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2b. Harmonics produced from within the human voice (14 s)
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2c. Long 'glissando' or musical 'slide' (34 s)
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3a. 'Batonebo' - a 'healing song' (1 min 40 s)
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3b. Music therapy session (2 min)
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4a. Exercise to aid reading and writing (10 s)
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4b. Opening of Allegro of Mozart's Clarinet Quintet in A (1 min 28 s)
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5a. 'Moon Palace' - piece for piano (1 min 22 s)
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5b. Piece by composer Luke Drummond (1 min 4 s)
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6a. Techno music composed by Zack Moir (1 min 28 s)
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6b. Larghetto from Mozart's Clarinet Quintet in A Major (1 min 48 s)
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Additional tracks
These audio files are not an integrated part of the classroom materials, but may be used in the classroom if desired.
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Whistled conversation (1 min 43 s)
Whistle speech in Sochiapam, southern Mexico, is often used over a distance in preference to shouting, which is rarely used. This whistled conversation is between two men in different fields. Find out what is being said
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Missing fundamental (13 s)
This is an ascending diatonic scale starting with middle C, played three times in succession. The notes in the first scale are comprised of harmonics all of equal amplitude; the notes in the second scale contain all but the first harmonic (i.e. the fundamental); and the notes in the third scale contain only the first harmonic.
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Dissonance (11 s)
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Devil's Interval (18 s)
Two notes three tones apart, played simultaneously or one after another, automatically induces a feeling of dread. In medieval times it was considered evil and was banned. -
Tarantella (57 s)
This is a recording of the Tarantella, a musical therapy for people bitten by the tarantula. This version is by Diego Carpitella, based on the music of Ernesto de Martino.
The first clip gives a sample of this intense musical dance therapy in full swing; the traditional arrangement is led by mandolins and tambourines. The second clip is the climax of this therapy, characterised by chanting and wailing. The third clip is towards the end of the therapy, and is characterised by yelling and banging.
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Bone flutes (45 s)
In 1999, excavations at the early Neolithic site of Jiahu, located in Henan province, China, yielded six complete bone flutes between 7000 and 9000 years old. They are thought to be the earliest complete, playable, tightly-dated, multinote musical instruments.
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Animal sounds (1 min 13 s)
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Timbre (36 s)
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Pitch (8 s)
Pitch represents the perceived fundamental frequency of a sound. Here it is demonstrated by playing middle C, then C one octave higher, then C one octave lower.