Want to fire up the dance floor? Play low-frequency bass:
Researchers studying how different aspects of music influence the body turned a live electronic music concert into a lab study. By introducing levels of bass over speakers that were too low to hear and monitoring the crowd's movements, scientists found that people danced 11.8 per cent more when the very low frequency bass was present.
[...] "Music is a biological curiosity–it doesn't reproduce us, it doesn't feed us, and it doesn't shelter us, so why do humans like it and why do they like to move to it?"
[...] For this study, Cameron and colleagues recruited participants attending a LIVELab concert for electronic musical duo Orphx. The concertgoers were equipped with motion-sensing headbands to monitor their dance moves. Additionally, they were asked to fill out survey forms before and after the event. These forms were used to ensure the sound was undetectable, measure concert enjoyment, and examine how the music felt physically.
Throughout the 45-minute concert, the researchers manipulated the very-low bass-playing speakers, turning them on and off every two minutes. They found the amount of movement was 12 per cent greater when the speakers were on.
[...] "Very low frequencies may also affect vestibular sensitivity, adding to people's experience of movement. Nailing down the brain mechanisms involved will require looking the effects of low frequencies on the vestibular, tactile, and auditory pathways," says Cameron.
Journal Reference:
Daniel J. Cameron, Dobromir Dotov, Erica Flaten, et al., Undetectable very-low frequency sound increases dancing at a live concert [open], Curr Bio, 32, 21, 2022. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.09.035
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 15 2022, @06:01AM (2 children)
Go to a drag race. When the fuel cars (nitro-methane fuel) take off with 10,000 hp (approx) the low frequencies pound your body.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Rich on Tuesday November 15 2022, @12:14PM
That's quite the opposite. Top fuel idling is at ~2400 rpm = 40 rps, this times 4 (crossplane 4-stroke V8) ignitions per rev gives ~160Hz base frequency at idle, with much harmonic content from the sharp spikes. So you do get blown around, but it's all in the audible spectrum.
(Score: 3, Funny) by istartedi on Tuesday November 15 2022, @05:58PM
OK. There are a lot of big women here. Where are these "fuel cars". I asked
about that, and they looked at me funny and told me they might know somebody
who could hook me up. Advice? Should I explain that I just want something to
pound my body?
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(Score: 2) by MIRV888 on Tuesday November 15 2022, @07:39AM (1 child)
Earthquake detection.
(Score: 4, Funny) by mhajicek on Tuesday November 15 2022, @08:41AM
Elephant stampede detection.
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by fraxinus-tree on Tuesday November 15 2022, @10:00AM
Some cultures (e.g. my native, but this is in no way exhaustive) have dances that are danced to the beat of a very large drum. Its energy maximum is clearly below the audible frequencies.
(Score: 4, Informative) by Nuke on Tuesday November 15 2022, @10:19AM (4 children)
I've never danced in my life.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 15 2022, @10:31AM
How about the ritual dance on SN to show off you never danced?
(Score: 3, Informative) by Freeman on Tuesday November 15 2022, @02:40PM
In the event that you have a wife/husband. They would probably enjoy dancing with you, if you practiced a little. In fact, it's very easy to learn how to do some simple slow dancing. I'm certainly not a good dancer, but it's quite easy to learn a simple dance. It also has the added benefit of getting you on your feet and close to the person you love. Both great things in my book.
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(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Wednesday November 16 2022, @05:20PM (1 child)
I've never danced in my life.
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(Score: 2) by Freeman on Thursday November 17 2022, @06:24PM
The ants in your pants dance doesn't count as a dance.
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(Score: 3, Funny) by anubi on Tuesday November 15 2022, @01:00PM
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Suddenly, people have to get up and move, trying to hold it in?
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