This Is Your Brain On Music: understanding a human obsession Daniel Levitin BUY HERE NOW ISBN 978 1 84354 715 0 With a neuroscientist’s conviction that the as-yet inexplicable is just shadows and dust and cryptic meaning, Daniel Levitin sets out to explain why collections of easily-recognisable sounds have such a profound impact on our [...]
Entries from May 31st, 2010
What Makes Music Sound So Sweet (or Not)
May 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Music and the Brain
) — Ever since ancient times, scholars have puzzled over the reasons that some musical note combinations sound so sweet while others are just downright dreadful. The Greeks believed that simple ratios in the string lengths of musical instruments were the key, maintaining that the precise mathematical relationships endowed certain chords with a special, even [...]
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reBlog from weilbaby.com: Mozart’s Melodies Soothe Babies | Weil Baby Blog
May 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I found this fascinating quote today: Mozart’s soothing rhythm A recent post by Dr Weil, Mozart and Premature Babies caught my attention. His blog brought back the memories of my time in the NICU. In Dr Weil’s post he talks about research done in Israel at Tel Aviv University. This study was about measuring the [...]
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Classes begin at Healing Music Enterprises
May 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Announcements
This afternoon begins my series of classes at Healing Music Enterprises, 2720 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, KY. Our first class will be “An Introduction to using Music as Medicine.” We’ll be looking at some of the history of the use of music for healing purposes and how the early Greeks used music with a wider variety [...]
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Music Eases Stress in Heart Disease Patients
May 12th, 2010 · No Comments · music and the heart
ScienceDaily (Apr. 16, 2009) — Listening to music may benefit patients who suffer severe stress and anxiety associated with having and undergoing treatment for coronary heart disease. A Cochrane Systematic Review found that listening to music could decrease blood pressure, heart rate, and levels of anxiety in heart patients. Living with heart disease is extremely [...]
Top 5 Charities that Support Musical Education for Children
May 6th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Announcements
Music education is so important in our schools and educational institutions and yet it is often one of the first things cut when budgets are being slashed. But there is hope; here are five charitable organizations that support music education for children
The Joy of Music in the Golden Years
May 2nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Music and the Golden Years
My mother is an amazing woman, if I do say so myself. Four years ago, at “almost” 80 years old, she went to live in a lovely assisted living facility. Like many families we were not sure how much she would like it, even though she chose it herself, but to our delight and surprise [...]
