音樂:看比聽重要


@馮禮慈 - 2014/03/13

常言道:音樂是以耳聽的,不要迷戀歌手外表。這發展到我們常認為靠外表的樂手就都是偶像派,不靠外表的是實力派。對此,我們深信不疑,無得錯了吧?錯!這一樣是錯!原來,人聽音樂始終是靠眼睛的!

University College London行為心理學系Chia-Jung Tsay(她本身是鋼琴演奏家)看看樂迷究竟能不能靠聽分辨出世界頂級管絃樂團與較水皮的樂團(如地區樂團或大學樂團),結果是:不能!她選了的世界頂級管絃樂團包括倫敦、柏林和芝加哥交響樂團,如單聽音樂播放,人們幾乎無法分辨那是高手那是平庸樂團。如附以Video,邊看邊聽,人們就稍能分辨出頂級樂團。可是,最令人感到奇妙的是,如果只播放Video而不播聲,人們更易分辨出頂級樂團!

「她選了甚麼人來參與研究先?一般人根本就無法分辨頂級跟平庸樂團呀!」你說得對。Tsay找了一般普羅樂迷、專家及音樂評論家一起來作測試,結果是專家及音樂評論家的表現只比一般樂迷好丁點,但未足以分辨出不同級別樂團的表現,專家的命中率跟亂猜其實相差無幾!Tsay的結論是「世界級樂團不是靠出色的演奏去懾服專家及評論家,而是憑具震懾力的氣勢贏取『觀看者』的信服」!嘩,這觀點搗毀了所有音樂人、樂評人、心理學家一直以來的信念。

管絃樂團尚如此,較重包裝與外表的流行樂何能免乎?

、London Symphony Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra—and less prestigious regional and university-based ensembles. Participants were shown short audio, video, and combined audio-video recordings of the two classes of performers, then asked to guess which groups were superior, in terms of world rankings or competitive victories.


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星島日報, 2014

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