The ladies to the left are members of a female barbershop quarter group called the “Sweet Adelines.” They sing mostly familiar songs but with a unique type of harmony. “Barbershop” harmony is quite distinctive and easily recognizable.
The harmony that is heard in music with a healing quality is very different, but the idea is that all harmony involves multiple pitches being sung (or Played) simultaneously.
The ensemble to the left is a classical string quartet. In my opinion, their music is much more like to have a healing effect on the listener, depending of course, on the particular composition they are playing.
Harmony is a very important aspect of healing music because for whatever purpose you’re trying to achieve, the music needs to be, well, harmonious. My friend Don Campbell has even written a book called “Harmonies of Health.” Even people who claim to “have no ear” can tell the difference between harmonious music (music that blends well together and has a pleasing effect on the listener) and dissonant music that can actually hurt the ears and cause pain and displeasure.
What is acceptable in musical harmony has changed greatly over the last 350 years. Music that to our ears sounds perfectly beautiful would have sounded very strange and possibly dissonant in Bach’s time or Mozart’s time. What music do you find harmonious?
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