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Schoenberg, Arnold
Schoolhouse Rock
Schroeder, William
science and scientific method
Scott, Jill
Scott, Mike
Sebastian, John
Seeger, Pete
selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
Selfridge, Oliver
semantics
sensilla
Sephardic Jewish liturgy
serotonin
sex and sexuality
Shakur, Tupac
shamanic healing
“Shame On the Moon”
sharks
Shaw, Artie
“She Loves You”
Shepard, Roger
Shine
(Mitchell)
(Mitchell)
Shorter, Wayne
sign language
Silverstein, Shel
Simon, Carly
Simon, Paul
Simons, Seymour
Sinatra, Frank
singing
and brain physiology
and definition of songs
and emergent properties
and memory
and motherhood
and natural selection
physiological effects of
and social bonding
and synchronization
types of
and vocal grooming hypothesis
The Singing Neanderthals
(Mithen)
(Mithen)
“Sippin’ Cider Through a Straw”
Sirhan, Sirhan
Sixth Symphony
(Beethoven)
(Beethoven)
69 Love Songs
(Magnetic Fields)
(Magnetic Fields)
Sleater-Kinney
Sledge, Percy
Smash Mouth
smell
Smith, Bessie
Smith, Kate
Smith, Will
Smiths
“Smokin’ in the Boy’s Room”
Smothers, Tommy
snow, and Aleutians’ twenty reputed words for
Snow, Hank
social bonding
and animals
and brain evolution
and ceremonies
and communal songs
and country music
and friendship songs
and group size
and honest signal hypothesis
and isolation
and love songs
and material wealth
music as binding force
and sad music
and singing
and social skills
and synchronization
and TRIP model
and trust
and vocalization
and workplace music
Solomon, King of Israel
“Something”
Song of Atonement
Song of Solomon
Songs from the Capeman
(Simon)
(Simon)
“Sounds of Science”
Sousa, John Philip
Spain
speech.
See also
language
See also
language
spirituality .
See also
religion and religious songs
See also
religion and religious songs
Springsteen, Bruce
Sri Lanka
SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors)
“Stand By Your Man”
the Standells
Stanford University
Staota Yasna
Star Trek: The Next Generation
“The Stars and Stripes Forever”
“The Star-Spangled Banner”
statistics
Steely Dan
Sternberg, Robert
Stevens, Ray
Stewart, Rod
“Still Raining, Still Dreaming”
Stills, Stephen
Sting
on earliest songs
influence of music
on joy songs
on love songs
on lyric-melody relationship
on social impact of music
and study of music
use of lyrics
Stipe, Michael
Storr, Anthony
“Stranger with the Melodies”
the Stranglers
“Strong in the Wrong”
Stylistics
Styx
“Sugar, Sugar”
“Suite: Judy Blue Eyes”
Sulawesi culture
“Sun King”
“Sunny”
Sun Records
Sun Tzu
“Superstar”
superstition
the Supremes
“Suspicious Minds”
Sweet Anticipation
(Huron)
(Huron)
“Sweet Little Sixteen”
symbols
synchronization
and emergent properties
and marching
and rituals
in singing
and social bonding
strict synchrony
and vocal grooming hypothesis
and warfare
“Take Me Home, Country Roads”
Talking Heads
Talmud
Tattersall, Ian
Taylor, James
T-cells
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich
“Teach Your Children”
“Technology and Musical Aesthetics”
techno music
the Temptations
Ten Commandments
tension
thalamus
THC (tetrahydrocannibinol)
“theory of mind”
They Might Be Giants
This Is Your Brain on Music
(Levitin)
(Levitin)
“This Land Is Your Land”
Thomas, B. J.
“Through My Sails”
Thucydides
“Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree”
timbre
“Tobacco Road”
tonality
“Tonight”
tonotopy
tools and tool making
“Too Much”
Torah
Tormé, Mel
Torry, Clare
“Tracy”
trance states
transposition
Trehub, Sandra
“Twist and Shout”
trust
truth.
See also
honest signal hypothesis
See also
honest signal hypothesis
“Turkey in the Straw”
“Turn, Turn, Turn”
Turnbull, Colin
Turner, Big Joe
Turner, Tina
turn taking
“Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”
“Twist and Shout”
“Two Tickets to Paradise”
“Underwear”
“Unforgettable”
the Union Gap
United States Constitution
“Universal Soldier”
University of California, Berkeley
Urban, Keith
“Valentine’s Day”
Van Gogh, Vincent
Van Halen
Vanuatu
Varèse, Edgar
Vassar, Phil
Vaughan, Stevie Ray
The Velvet Underground
Vendler, Helen
Vervet monkeys
vestibular system
“Vidéo”
Vietnam War
Vines, Bradley
vision
visual music
vitamin C
vocal communication.
See also
language
See also
language
vocal grooming hypothesis
vocalizations
Vonnegut, Kurt
vowel sounds
Wainwright, Rufus
Waits, Tom
“Wake Up Sunshine”
“Walk Between the Raindrops”
“Walk on the Wild Side”,
“Walkin’ on the Moon”
Wallace, Wanda
war
“Warrior”
“War (What Is It Good For?)”
Washington, Dinah
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