Odd or interesting music facts
As I have looked around at times I see some interesting facts sometimes about music just like number 7. I was surprised by that amount. So here is a hodgepodge of facts…
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US consumers spend an average of 4 hours a day listening to music.
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Researchers at the University of Leicester found that cows produce 3% more milk when they listen to relaxing music.
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Scientist in South Korea proved that playing music, especially classical to plants helps them grow faster.
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The word “music” comes from the Muses, goddesses of the arts in Greek mythology.
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According to a study, it is concluded that the volume of the cortex (grey matter) is highest in the professional musicians, intermediate in armature musicians and low in the non-musicians.
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Jimi Hendrix’ and ‘The Beatles’ couldn’t read or write musi
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As of June 2018, there is 24,000 songs created a day and about 9 million within a year.
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All the musicians in an orchestra have to tune their musical instruments to Stuttgart pitch at 440 Hz, the frequency of the musical note A4 on a standard 88 key piano.
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Radio is the top-used format in Germany (58%), Canada (51%), UK (51%), and US (44%).
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https://euphonicspace.com/longest-piece-of-music/ It will take 600 plus years, REALLY!!!
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The oldest known musical instrument is a set of bone flutes excavated from Geißenklösterle Cave in the Swabian Jura of southern Germany
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‘Gothic’ Symphony No. 1 composed by
Havergal Brian requires over 800 musicians including 82 string players for the concert performance -
I did find an old article for an app called forgetify that will play Spotify songs with zero listens. Based on the 2014 article there is an average of 4 million with zero views but guess it is more now. (https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/forgotify-plays-spotifys-4-million-unheard-songs-5901260/)