{"id":683,"date":"2011-12-15T06:45:05","date_gmt":"2011-12-15T11:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siriuspress.com\/studio\/?p=683"},"modified":"2011-12-17T12:22:25","modified_gmt":"2011-12-17T17:22:25","slug":"music-appreciation-tedxamsterdam-2011-henkjan-honing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.siriuspress.com\/studio\/2011\/12\/music-appreciation-tedxamsterdam-2011-henkjan-honing\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Appreciation: TEDxAmsterdam 2011 &#8211; Henkjan Honing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"byline\">Twitter: <a title=\"Henkjan Honing on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/musiccognition \" target=\"_blank\">@musiccognition<\/a> | Twitter: <a title=\"TedxAmsterdam on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/TEDxAms \" target=\"_blank\">@TEDxAms<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"introduction\"><strong>Henkjan Honing<\/strong> cites studies and engages his audience in auditory participation to shed light on how <em>absolute pitch<\/em>\u00a0is very common and <em>relative pitch<\/em>\u00a0is very special and fundamental in music appreciation.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EU7HcV83RXc\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"335\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Common mechanisms we use to appreciate music: 1) Absolute pitch 2) Sense of Rhythm<\/li>\n<li>Special mechanisms we use to appreciate music: 1) Relative pitch 2) Beat induction (innate, not learned)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"bioSirius clearfix\">\n<h3 class=\"bio2\">Biography<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_689\" style=\"width: 180px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.siriuspress.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/HenkjanHoning.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-689\" data-attachment-id=\"689\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.siriuspress.com\/studio\/2011\/12\/music-appreciation-tedxamsterdam-2011-henkjan-honing\/henkjanhoning\/\" 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