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Couch Kitties: Music Of The Cats...
http://www.lifewithcats.tv/2015/03/.....ate-cat-music/
To create the cat music, the researchers tried to mimic natural cat sounds, using sliding notes and high pitches–cat calls tend to be an octave or more above human voices. They based the tempo of the songs on purring and suckling sounds.
Then came the moment of truth: the researchers tested their compositions on 47 male and female domestic cats in their homes. The kitties heard “Cozmo’s Air” and “Rusty’s Ballad,” along with two human music pieces for comparison: Gabriel Fauré’s “Elegie” and Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Air on a G String.”
What happened? When the cat music was playing, the felines were significantly more likely to orient their heads toward it, walk toward it, and even rub up against the speaker!
They interpreted this as indicating that the cats showed purr-eference :)
Of course, Sylvia and Norma march to a different drummer...
Zeph ©
sharra. Tali and the kittehs © me.
http://couchkitties.comicgenesis.com/
To create the cat music, the researchers tried to mimic natural cat sounds, using sliding notes and high pitches–cat calls tend to be an octave or more above human voices. They based the tempo of the songs on purring and suckling sounds.
Then came the moment of truth: the researchers tested their compositions on 47 male and female domestic cats in their homes. The kitties heard “Cozmo’s Air” and “Rusty’s Ballad,” along with two human music pieces for comparison: Gabriel Fauré’s “Elegie” and Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Air on a G String.”
What happened? When the cat music was playing, the felines were significantly more likely to orient their heads toward it, walk toward it, and even rub up against the speaker!
They interpreted this as indicating that the cats showed purr-eference :)
Of course, Sylvia and Norma march to a different drummer...
Zeph ©
sharra. Tali and the kittehs © me. http://couchkitties.comicgenesis.com/
Category Artwork (Digital) / Comics
Species Housecat
Size 1200 x 409px
File Size 267.6 kB
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