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From Perotin to Prokofiev (and beyond), performed by Caruso to Khatia, it's all here.

Yes - that's an interesting effect

But did you notice that the narrator's conclusion was that "We can't ALWAYS believe what we hear". The fact remains that, mostly, we CAN believe what we hear. (How could we function in the world otherwise?)

In connection with the McGurk effect, you previously said that visual cues determine what we hear in live situations - and yet, I'm sure we've all had the experiences watching symphony orchestra concerts on TV, and the director makes a mistake and shows people playing instruments whose lines are buried in the musical texture. I certainly don't hear those lines more clearly just because I'm seeing the particular player at that point. Do you?

Every time we listen to music, we're comparing our mental library of un-amplified live music against the recorded music we play back on our systems. I assert that, over time, some of us can get pretty good at this.


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