I've seen many examples of music prompting the recollection of forgotten memories.
One such case was a patient of mine who would play various phrases on a piano, seemingly using the notes and phrases as tools to explore her own mind.
She started to play several similar phrases over and over, changing the key slightly each time. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.
Those phrases must have had some connection with her deeply-buried memories. The improvement in her condition was dramatic and surprising.
Unfortunately, she killed herself after recovering her memories...
This case ended in failure, but what's certain is that music can reach deep regions of the mind inaccessible to mere language.
There is music like that on this island. I remember hearing it when I was a child. They call them Moonsounds.
There are different kinds of Moonsounds, but I remember some of them being used during rituals and festivals.
Most of the Moonsounds have been passed down by word of mouth. The melodies are ancient, but I've definitely seen documents about them somewhere.
...Seems it was worth coming back to this island in the end.
Black Notebook (1)
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Black Notebook (1) | |
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| Kanji | 黒い手帳 一 くろいてちょう いち |
| Game | Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse |
| Author | Yo Haibara |
| Chapter | Phase IV: Void |
| Located at | Room with Canopied Bed |
| Obtained | With the Music Score |
| Description | Notes about the relationship between memory and music. |
| Additional Description | Found a notebook. |
| Related Notes | Black Notebook (2), Black Notebook (3), Black Notebook (4) & Black Notebook (5) |
記憶と音楽は深く結びついている。
音楽をきっかけに、ある記憶を取り戻した
例もいくつか見た。
私の患者にも、そんな女がいた。
彼女は、音楽で一つの記憶を取り戻してから
ピアノでさまざまなフレーズを弾き続けた。
まるで、音楽で自分の中をまさぐるように。
彼女は、いつか似たようなフレーズを
繰り返し弾くようになった。
すこしずつ、音階を変えながら。
くりかえし。くりかえし。
そのフレーズは自分の深い記憶と
結びついていたのだろう。
症状は驚くほど好転した。
もっとも、彼女は記憶を取り戻した後に
自殺してしまったが⋯
これは失敗例だが、確かなのは
音楽が言葉では到達できない
深い部分に触れるということだ。
この島にも似た音楽があった。
子供のころに聞いたうろ覚えのものだが、
「月の音」というやつだ。
月の音にもいろいろあるが、お囃子や
祝詞の時に使われていた記憶がある。
月の音は、口伝のものがほとんどだ。
古い楽譜だが、どこかに資料があったな。
⋯帰ってきたかいがあった。
Additional Information
The types of music referred to as being "used during rituals and festivals" are the Japanese traditions of Hayashi and Norito.