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Miguel de Maria

Posts: 3532
Joined: Oct. 20 2003
From: Phoenix, AZ

Scent

I have heard that scent has a profound impact on things such as who you fall in love with, who your friends are, who you trust/distrust. We are mammals, after all, a class of creatures that communicate largely by scent. Dogs sniff each other, skunks have evolved scent glands that are a weapon! I wonder if scent has an impact on our musical experiences, as well? Do the great concert halls have a particular odor that imparts special qualities to the experiences of the listner, or the player? Does the smell of one guitar make it better, more right, than the other? Is there, then, a difference from playing a gig in Mexican restaurant, and a Spanish one? (I, for one, have had much better experiences in Spanish restaurants, although I much, mcuh prefer Mexican food) Perhaps someday this scent thing will be isolated and synthesized and will come out of our car air conditioners when listening to special CDs.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 17 2004 3:31:54

Escribano

Posts: 6417
Joined: Jul. 6 2003
From: England, living in Italy

RE: Scent (in reply to Miguel de Maria)

I posted something similar on the old forum about whether you liked the smell of your guitar? The one I am making had a slightly fishy aroma at first, but as the cut Spanish cedar, spruce and cypress calm down it has got really nice. I am led to believe that Martin put a chunk of Spanish cedar inside their guitars for the aroma alone.

As for improving your playing, I am sure you will try it out, just don't leave a burrito inside for too long

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 17 2004 10:01:21

Ron.M

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Joined: Jul. 7 2003
From: Scotland

RE: Scent (in reply to Miguel de Maria)

I think that listening to music produces a similar sensation to touch, taste, vision or smell.
It's not just listening in the normal sense of the word, but an extra sense.
I think that's why music is so difficult to describe in words.
Sometimes you can practically "taste" falsetas. LOL!
There are some people who actually see colours associated with notes due to some sort of unusual brain sense-mapping.

Ron

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 17 2004 11:02:17

Phil

Posts: 382
Joined: Jul. 7 2003
From: Rota, Spain

RE: Scent (in reply to Miguel de Maria)

To quote Marote when asked his opinion about a modern guitarrist or fusion or something like that, I don't remember exactly, "It doesn't smell like Flamenco."
Phil

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 17 2004 11:09:10

Thomas Whiteley

Posts: 786
Joined: Jul. 8 2003
From: San Francisco Bay Area

RE: Scent (in reply to Phil)

¿Qué huele mal?

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 17 2004 15:00:11

Billyboy

Posts: 389
Joined: Aug. 18 2003

RE: Scent (in reply to Thomas Whiteley)

This is an interesting thread, I learnt a piece in November, and I had flue while I learnt it, now every time I play the piece, mild flue like symptoms return, and it makes me feel ill, also I was learning a new Buleria at Christmas, and while learning a particular falseta, I was drinking some Whisky, which I never usually drink, now every time I play that falseta I can taste Whisky in my mouth, Its bizarre, also stuff I learnt years ago, when I play it, I think of people and places that were around when I learnt the pieces, although I would not think of those things normally.
Dave

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 17 2004 15:23:14