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Julia Lesagepart of a whole special issue on music and science; this essay takes up some things I had not thought of before, although some seem obvious when you thing about them; of use for media production
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Web MonkeyAs part of our special issue on music, Daniel Levitin has written The Music Illusion, which looks at auditory illusions and how they can help us understand the workings of the human brain. Here we have compiled five of the most striking auditory illusions discovered so far.
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rchk !Music special: Five great auditory illusions - being-human - 20 February 2008 - New Scientist
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Here we have compiled five of the most striking auditory illusions discovered so far.
We had a big pool to choose from, from the mysterious quintina (fifth voice) heard in some types of throat-singing, to the saxophone solo that isn't on Lady Madonna (it's actually the Beatles singing into their cupped hands) and the soaring guitar sound of Pink Floyd's Dave Gilmour. Listen to our top 5 below, and read our explanations of the effects involved.
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