Karl Miller wrote:
>Are you suggesting that music benefits from having some extra -
>musical association?
It doesn't have to be a benefit. I think that the impact of a piece
of music on an individual will be greater if there is an extra -musical
assocation. But, the impact could well be negative. Imagine being a child
and being physically abused by your parent; every time this happens the
parent plays a particular song, say, "Bad to the Bone." When the child
becomes an adult and hears this song - you know the rest.
Don Satz
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