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 […]
Components of Healing Music: Harmony
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 […]
Healing Components of Music: Melody
By Dr. Alice Cash on June 15, 2010 in Music and the Golden Years, Music Healing, Music with Alzheimer’s patients
Yesterday, we had an overview of the components of healing music. It’s always important to remember that what is healing to one person might actually be distasteful or anxiety provoking to another. Music is very personal so understanding the components and how they function within music can help you to choose the music you want […]
The Seven Components of Healing Music
The Seven Components of Healing Music are also the seven basic components of music in general. But each of these seven components of healing music has specific parameters that are followed if a piece of music is to be healing for the listener. Everyone knows that music makes them feel good and can easily […]
The future of classical music is bright!
Several musical performances have been sent to me recently that feature either super-talented young performers or actual child prodigies. So often my generation seems to believe that the future of classical is bleak and that in the future we’ll only have rap and “movie music!” Each week, I listen on NPR to “From the Top” […]