Corona virus seems to move more
easily in acoustic contexts that have very simple harmonic structures.
Dr Ralf Peters, head of stimmfeld
and voice researcher for more than two decades, claims that the risk of being
infected in group singing - like in choirs - is higher if the choir sings very
simple songs. More complex musical material doesn´t raise the infection rate so
much and so called experimental music shows the lowest danger.
There is not yet a sufficient
explanation but Dr Peters thinks the virus can surf on simple harmonies much
easier that on complex frequencies. The DNA of the virus reacts on sound waves
like everything else in the world. Since the virus is a very simple structure it
adapts better to simple soundscapes. In complex harmonies the virus doesn´t feel comfortable and it isn´t able to
move in all directions. With acoustic structures outside of the conventional
harmonic field Corona seems be discouraged.
Peters recommends that choirs that
are going to sing together again should not only keep safe body distance to each other
but work with disharmonious and atonal music rather than with simple beauty stuff.
Make the virus dizzy with wild sounds!
Note: This theory is based only on
the mind of Ralf Peters. There is no evidence for these results outside of his mind so far. But
still he likes the idea!
