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How to pigeons react to music?How do pigeons react to music?
like will they freak out by me listening to metal turned up loud? |
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Yep.
They'd rather listen to the rush of cars under an overpass. Psychologically, studies have been done to explain the old experiment where rock music proved to deter the growth of plants while classical music, conversely, enhanced their growth. The later studies discovered that there are musical sequences that feel "finished" and if you hack the last few notes off, they don't. When listened to as a single sequence like "da-da-da-DUM, da-da-da-DUM" (as in Beethoven's 9th? or was it the 5th?) most folks can subjectively determine whether the sequence seems to be complete or whether it's begging for a final note or two, kind of like asking an unfinished question, "so did you and her go to the... ?" Psychologists have dissected various types of music and somehow determined that the types of music that tend to initiate a physiological stress response in humans and other animals essentially are composed of multiple sequences in which each lacks a "finish." As such, these types of music act as a stimulant in that they evoke a cacophany of emotional agonies. Lastly, while all that may seem like a string of high-brow BS, it is actually quite correct, if tainted in its delivery by my own personal dislike of Metal. I'm just thinking of the pigeon. Pidgey Last edited by Pidgey; 29th September 2005 at 03:37 PM. |
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hmm... so I should wear headphones when listening to music?
and also, would music like Jim Croce be alright to listen too with it? when you had said about "so did you and her go to the... ?" the first word that popped into my head was gynacologist for some odd reason.  |
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Thanks to both of you for making me laugh. maggie
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Precisely the point. Whether you want to finish it with "...ice cream parlor" or "...marriage counselor" or "...pyramid of Khufu," it demands completion. The confusion is specifically designed into that kind of music and it plays into teenage angst quite well. That angst is an expression of the confusion of transition from having one's parents make all the decisions to finding one's own destiny. It is tragic when a person get stuck indefinitely between the two conditions and worse when such a person so stuck harbors blame against everyone except him or herself.
I can't remember Jim Croce well enough to say, but I seem to remember that his was fairly melodic. I will say that my blind pigeon, who loves music, does exhibit unfavorable reactions to various kinds and Metal would definitely get the thumbs-down from her. Pidgey |
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Lady Tarheel has to remember Jim Croce shes old enough
 heck I am 18 turning 19 next month and I know who he is. he's oldies/folk Big bad leroy brown You don't mess around with Jim Say I love you in a song. |
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I put my Bose CD player out in the back porch for my birds to listen to sometimes (cause it is compact so it is easy to move, yet has great sound), I played some Beethoven and other classics. They stayed out and listened for a time and then went inside the coop after 2 hours. They seemed more relaxed and looked towards the porch, they weren't interacting and picking up various things as they normally do. Or they were puzzled & were just distracted and went inside after they had heard enough. LOL
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I myself, can't stand classical music, so IMO it'd be a crime making them listen to music they dislike as well.
but I guess I can try it and see if they like it, as Nicki (her and I are seeing eachother, and its 100% like were going out, just w.o the title.) likes it so maybe she can bond with them, while its on, and I can see if they seem to like my music or not. (after thinking, we all have diffrent tastes in music, how do we know that they like it or hate it, without trying.) Last edited by DeadIrishD; 29th September 2005 at 04:25 PM. |
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Ha! Yes, I am and yes I do. Mine listen to Julio Iglesias. maggie
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who is Julio Iglesias? the last name sounds familiar
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You have great taste, Maggie....
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If the pigeons actually like this kind of music, I think my mom would love them as she listens to the same kind of music when she is drunk, are pigeons known to flap their wings alot? (my mom hates that, but me and Nicki don't care.)
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Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I had noticed that my various Pigeons seemed ( to me somehow) to enjoy most of the 78 RPM records I used to play a lot, which date from the 'teens and 'twenties (even though of course 78s were made well into the 'fifties, but after the 'twenties I did not tend to collect them, I felt their ngenue had fallen off...or got a mite thin.)
This being a variety all tolled, of earlyish Jazz, Old Cowboy Music, Hawian Music, and popular if obscure tunes generally, often very genuine and with one or two artists merely for any given song, rather than bands or orchestral. Anyway, Most Birds seem to like these... They HATE Barry Manilow and lots of other semi-ex popular singers, as far as I can tell. I think they generally like 'Donovan'... Prolly like Leaonard Cohen... Oddly, I have been playing the odd round or two of 'Grand Theft Auto' which is the only Video-Game I ever played, which someone gave to me when they were moveing... And, the young Doves of all things seem to find it interesting and gather around me when I am playing, avidly watching it's progress...while the Pigeons seem indifferent...and show no interest. So go figure! Ummm...otherwise, the Pigeons I have seem to like John Coltrain...or other good modern or 'classic' Jazz, but I do not have many music things handy these days...most stuff is in storage now... My young Duck used to like to watch the film "Winged Migration" and some of the Pigeons used to gather around to watch it too... It is a very cool film, if you do not have it...you should go onto 'Amazon' and get it... Phil Las Vegas Last edited by pdpbison; 30th September 2005 at 12:39 AM. |
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Hi everyone,
My opinion here in regards to music and pigeons is that they seem to like calm, soothing, melodic music. This keeps in tune with their personalities as a whole. I keep a radio in my pigeons' room going 24/7 on a soft "rock" easy listening channel and they don't mind it. It's on fairly low but definitely audible to the birds and they don't really pay much mind to it nowadays. I find that it's beneficial for background noise mostly to the birds and to make them feel that their "evironment" is safe.  |
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