We all know that music makes us feel better! It cheers us up, it calms us down, it brings back wonderful memories of love, childhood, holidays, vacations, and our whole lives. The field of music therapy has provided lots of wonderful information on this and so much more. The following list is from www.preludemusictherapy.com. I [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Music Medicine'
What are Therapeutic Characteristics of Music?
January 6th, 2012 · No Comments · Music and the Mind-Body, Music Healing, Music in the Hospital, Music Medicine, Music Research
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Another story of music’s power with Alzheimer’s patients
June 5th, 2011 · No Comments · Music in the News!, Music Medicine, Music Research, Music with Alzheimer's patients
by Steve Toll and Linda Bareham What better “medicine” than a “treatment” that has only positive side effects and “therapy” that is actually enjoyable? That is the “miracle of music” when applied with intention. Music is shown to have the ability to help organize the brain; especially vital to those who are afflicted with Alzheimer’s. [...]
Surgical Headphones Being Used in More Hospitals
February 6th, 2011 · No Comments · Music and Dental Surgery, Music and Surgery, Music and the Brain, Music Healing, Music Medicine, Music Research, Surgery with Music
More and more people are hearing about our Surgical Serenity Headphones and choosing to use them. People remember reading about them and know that they will use them if they are told that they need surgery. That’s exactly what happened with a customer today and she will be “practicing” with them over the next few weeks so that [...]
New Research documents that music before surgery can significantly reduce patients anxiety
February 1st, 2011 · 1 Comment · Music and Relaxation, Music and Surgery, Music Healing, Music in the Hospital, Music Medicine, Music Research, Surgery with Music
We’ve known for a long time that listening to calm, comforting, soothing music before surgery could do the same thing as the drugs that are now given…and without the risk of adverse reactions or overly and unnecessarily sedating the patient. Today another study appeared also documenting this! Biol Res Nurs. 2011 Jan 28. [Epub ahead [...]
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Musical Taste: Where does it come from?
September 25th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Classical Music, Music Healing, Music Medicine
How does musical taste develop? I’m sure that volumes and volumes have been written on this subject and I’d love to read them, but for now I will just expound on my own theory. We know that different cultures around the globe (and probably around the universe!) have evolved different types of music and different [...]
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Components of Healing Music: Modes, Whole-tone and Pentatonic Scales
June 24th, 2010 · No Comments · music and spirituality, Music and the Mind-Body, Music Healing, Music Medicine
Today is the final lesson in this series on the components of healing music. The component I’ve chosen is similar to yesterday’s lesson on Major and Minor but goes back in time hundreds if not thousands of years! In the 800-700′s BC, the music played in ancient Greece was not played in major and minor [...]
The Components of Healing Music: Tempo
June 20th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Music and Relaxation, music and the heart, Music and the Mind-Body, Music Healing, Music Medicine
Today is the sixth lesson in our series of “The Components of Healing Music.” Please remember that these components are not absolutes and are definitely open to interpretation. Music as a whole is very personal and each of us has our inner filters that we bring to our own interpretation of a piece of music [...]
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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 [...]
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