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Joseph:
But language interacts with the brain in an entirely different way than the other pieces of the music do, and do discount it entirely seems pretty foolish.
MadassAlex:
Vocals don't need to call upon language to still be vocals.
Plus, no matter how vocals interact with the brain, the articulation is still musical and still follows the laws of physics that govern harmony.
An A note is an A note, coming from someone's mouth or a piano. They have different tonal characteristics, but are essentially the same insofar as harmony and melody are concerned.
Saying that vocals interact with the brain in an entirely different way to other parts of the music is also false. Firstly, both are audio stimulus, and thus are primarily "digested", as such, through the temporal lobes. Funnily enough, Wernicke's area of the brain is located in the left temporal lobe, which allows us to interpret language and mentally formulate our own. Indeed, for the most part, both go through the same channels. It's only our familiarity with our language that alters anything.
What if, for instance, you and some others learned to express definite concepts through the use of microtones rather than vocal language? I'd hypothesise that you'd also get activation in Wernicke's area.
sean:
what if the vocals are screamed/shouted/not any paticular note (not out of tune)?
MadassAlex:
That's equivalent to a distorted note on guitar, or scraping muted strings.
In musical genres where vocalists apply natural effects to the voice (such as hardcore and various kinds of metal), what you get is still a discernible note.
KvP:
Language and rhythm are demonstrably related. A few species of bird that have relatively complex vocal abilities have also been shown to exhibit an ability to dance. Like this one.
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