To me, watching Wynton Marsalis construct a new piece from the chord progressions of a South African folk song is a little like magic.

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One resulting theory is that these brain areas are involved in holding particular parts of a song, such as the melody, in the mind while the rest of the piece of music plays on, Abrams said.

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We were kept amused with a carving of a direwolf ice sculpture, as well as a concert performance of music from the television series: Jason Yang, who received over four million YouTube views of his one-man, thirteen-violin version of the theme song, led a nine-piece orchestra, who performed admirably despite the cold and passing traffic.

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"Whenever he plays that song, he digs into the melody like a dog that just got a big, juicy piece of meat, and he's growling and shaking his head back and forth, " Parks says.

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