http://www.ted.com In this soaring demonstration, deaf percussionist Evelyn Glennie illustrates how listening to music involves much more than simply letting sound waves hit your eardrums.
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brilliant comment, …
brilliant comment, mate.
I am not a drummer …
I am not a drummer or a percussionist but her connection to music is actually inspiring to me. What you feel on stage is how the bass hits you in the chest while you’re trying to breath, move and sing at the same time also it’s hot, the lights blind you, you’re sweating in fear and if you have bad monitors you can’t really hear yourself which makes everything worse, almost psycotic… yet that’s where you want to be, in the end you feel nothing but happiness. The music; the passion is a drug
Athough on the one …
Athough on the one hand right on the spot.
I think it is bit disappointing that the way she wants to implement the human feel factor into music namely with the emphasis on dynamic variations.
Be it a very important, there is much more to it. Her drum intro would very much go with electronic music the second time would probably not fit the electronic music variant. therefore it could subtract some of the emotion of that song.
Anyways its all about context
Nice video
She is indeed deaf. …
She is indeed deaf. I met her a few years ago, alas she’d gone before I realised who she was.
She stands right …
She stands right next to the instrument – which is connected to the floor. Why would you want to impede the vibrations going through the floor to your body with shoes?
1:16 she takes her …
1:16 she takes her shoes off?!?!?!?!
Further support …
Further support into studying hearing with your body, comes from the old words ohm, uhm, ahm used for thousands of years during meditation (mostly initiating it). This sound is expressed as directly manipulating yourself, through vibrations.
Same goes for music. The ear is where our attention is, but our entire body is affected when hearing it nevertheless.
Never heard of this lady before, I work with deaf people daily, so this is quite interesting for me personally as well as proffesionally.
For Deaf (of any …
For Deaf (of any level) she speaks very well and love her Scottish accent. Also as a drummer and percussionist who came up through high school bands I forgot how much I love the Marimba (what she is playing) and Xylophone. I never was very proficient and graduated to drum kit through college and club bands.
Excellent theory on …
Excellent theory on something almost impossible to teach, musicality, musicianship, feel, grove…… listening.
Even though you can’t teach it she does a great job explaining it. I wish I had heard this video when I was getting started in music many years ago.
I LOVE TO DANCE BUT …
I LOVE TO DANCE BUT NEVER TOOK A FORMAL LESSON IN MY LIFE. LAST WEEK I WENT TO DANCE STUDIO TO GET READY FOR AN EVENING OUT WITH MY WIFE AND WONDERED WHY WHEN THEY HAVE TRIED TO STRUCTURE US WE WERE FALLING ALL OVER THE PLACE. lET SEE WHAT HAPPEN NEXT TIME WHEN MY WHOLE BODY FEELS THE MUSIC. THANKS TED
sorry guys no need …
sorry guys no need to answer anymore i already know: its a little prayer by evelyn glennie herself
what piece is she …
what piece is she playing at 13:18- 14:20?
i think i recognize it from a concert i went to three months ago in france
I’m a flutist and …
I’m a flutist and I’m learning a lot from her… She is a very wise woman…
ShaneWednesday – …
ShaneWednesday – you are so thicko head, Profoundly deaf mean can’t hear anything, Deaf mean very little hear but not 100% hear, Hard of hearing mean can hear that what Evelyn Glennie is
She does tell the …
She does tell the truth; “profoundly deaf” is mostly deaf.
“Profound hearing loss is defined as a hearing threshold greater than 90 decibels (dB) — meaning that an individual with profound hearing loss can only hear sounds that are louder than 90 dB. Contrastingly, a person with normal hearing can detect sounds between 0 dB and 20 dB.” – wikipedia
This lecture validates thoughts I’ve had about music/sound since I was a kid. She is a gift to the world. <3
This is very true, …
This is very true, you can listen to music with your body. Your nerves are all essentially the same; they all recieve stimulation and send electronic signals to your brain, all in the form of “pictures”.
Your brain can learn to hear without ears, see without eyes, balance without a vestibular system.
Absolutely amazing, …
Absolutely amazing, she is incredible!
I love her <3
I love her <3
Goodbye My Love …
Goodbye My Love BinkyTheRabbit
Yes, I am 16. Just …
Yes, I am 16. Just passed here to see how everyone was. As I’m not in your good books, I think I’ll make myself scarce. Y’know, Troll’s Remorse and stuff…I’m too much of a nice guy to annoy people too much…byeseebyes!
Hello …
o BinkyTheRabbit I realise that you’re only 16 yrs old oh well never mind
And as a good …
And as a good friend once said:
“NEVER! The over-the-top argument over somebody leaving a meaningless comment must go on! (I do agree to some extent that it is pretty annoying)”
And:
“That cactus looks like a penis. I laughed.
And one final note to those who constantly attack each other over grammar… – keep doing so because it gives me something to laugh about when the attacker misspells something and then another person corrects them and it starts all over again.”
Wise words…
Hello, me again. …
o, me again. Still yammering on about whether miss glennie is deaf or not? Old habits die hard, eh?
Yes that true …
Yes that true Evelyn Glennie NEVER be deaf
It about time she should tell the truth
well she really is …
well she really is not deaf as I know that