When choosing healing music for yourself or someone else, one important thing to consider is the dynamic level. Dynamics are simply the loudness or softness of the music and are defined with Italian words such as those to the left. Of course if you or a loved one are feeling ill you are not going […]
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Components of Healing Music: Dynamics
June 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Music and the Mind-Body, Music Healing
Components of Healing Music: Rhythm
June 17th, 2010 · No Comments · music and spirituality, Music and the Mind-Body, Music Healing, Music in the Hospital
Of all the components of healing music that you might be familiar with, rhythm is the one that can often hook people into a healing experience the fastest! Rhythm is simply a pattern of long and short notes, sometimes fast, sometime slow, that creates a repetitive sequence that encourages predictability and a feeling of being […]
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Components of Healing Music: Harmony
June 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Music and the Mind-Body, Music Healing, Music Medicine
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 […]
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The Seven Components of Healing Music
June 14th, 2010 · 2 Comments · music and the heart, Music and the Mind-Body, Music Healing
I’ve been talking about the healing powers of music my whole life! Everyone knows that music makes them feel good and can easily change their mood or their energetic state. How does this happen? Well, it’s not something that you can shine a light down someone’s esophagus and find out, but you can definitely adjust […]
Meet Derek, savant pianist from England
March 15th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Music and the Mind-Body
The life of a musical savant is not easy, but it’s certainly fascinating for people who strive to learn about music and the brain and how to help people of all kinds. Derek has profound intellectual disabilities, but absolutely amazing and rare musical abilities. Enjoy this YouTube video of Derek that showcases his phenomenal abilities! […]
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Understanding Brain Waves: Tune Your Brain
January 30th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Music and the Brain, Music and the Mind-Body, Music Healing
They say that the brain is the last unexplored frontier, but over the last decade or two, much research has been conducted that documents how sound and vibration impact the brain in a very positive way. The following was found on today’s “The Daily Turn-on.” Enjoy! Did you know you can actually charge up your […]
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Learning to Meditate with Music
January 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Music and the Mind-Body
Published with the author’s permission: How to Meditate with Music BY JAVIER RAMON BRITO I will offer you a guide on how to meditate with music, summarized in 10 easy steps to make the most of this kind of meditation. 1. Choose a good piece of meditation music or meditative, inspirational, instrumental music. Why instrumental […]
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Can Music Improve your test scores?
November 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Music and the Brain, Music and the Mind-Body, The Mozart Effect...why Mozart?
So many people ask me this and it’s a great questions! After all the info came out on the “Mozart Effect” people were getting really excited about improving their intelligence and their test scores with music! Here is what one of the scientific studies had to say about it: Improve your vocabulary with music! In […]
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