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 […]
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Components of Healing Music: Major or Minor Key
By Dr. Alice Cash on June 23, 2010 in music and spirituality, Music and the Brain, Music and the Mind-Body, Music Healing
Today is lesson nine of the series on components of healing music and I want to start, as always, with a disclaimer: my thoughts and ideas about components and definitions of healing music are not absolute. They are my own subjective ideas based on a lifetime of being a musician, a teacher, a performer and […]
Components of Healing Music: Rhythm
By Dr. Alice Cash on June 17, 2010 in 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 […]
One of my favorite Christmas carols by John Rutter
Last Sunday night, the choir at Highland Presbyterian Church in Louisville did an entire program of carols by John Rutter. This was one of them and it’s one of my favorites! Enjoy! And what are some of YOUR favorites?
John Rutter and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
For me, music has always been a path to the God of my understanding. I’ve always loved the performances of the Mormon tabernacle Choir and I’ve always loved the music of John Rutter. Hope you’ll enjoy this performance of both of these!