Music as a Medicine for Brain HCM 930 – 2 Mental Health and Wellbeing Instructor: Barbara Arnoldussen FALL 2010 PRIYADARSHINI SHANKARANARAYANAN INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY FALL 2010 INTRODUCTION Music is a universal phenomenon spanning all cultures‚ and is the most social of the arts. There is no one definition to describe this term. Its term changes with each individual’s perspective. Some find it as the rhythmic vibrations of sound‚ some describe it purely as an art form
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facts about music and its effects to human. Whenever looking to street one encountering with somebody listening music that somehow making feel him good or happy. As the music spread throw world‚ its benefits start to reveal itself. The author Elizabeth Scott states in “Is music a good tool for health?” that music has many beneficial effects. The effects of music are many in quantity and I intend explore and discuss about effects of music to body and mind. One of the effects of music is to a body
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Music and its Functions and Roles Music has always been an integral part of human civilization. It is what binds individuals to their culture‚ people to their country. From the majestic stories of India to the concert halls of Vienna to the radio station playing mariachi music here in LA‚ music pervades our lives. Since our beginnings‚ music has accompanied rituals and ceremonies‚ and as time passed‚ began to fill other roles in religion‚ society‚ education‚ and entertainment. Within these different
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opposed to the monastic life of the medieval period. One of the less obvious of these changes was that of music. In comparing Medieval and Renaissance times we can see a definite contrast in the style and content of what the music emphasized. During the medieval era musical composition consisted of little movement in the notes themselves‚ and was‚ in a sense‚ plain. Used mainly in the church‚ music was meant to emphasize actual words that a person wanted to convey‚ and thus had little embellishment
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arts can be musical‚ since music is the center of the universe. For instance‚ in nature‚ a person can find birds chirping in a rain forest‚ elephants running through the leaves and owl hooting in the middle of the night. It is easily to recognize if a child or a person is musical‚ because not only will their musical skills will be noticeable‚ but also‚ they will be inclined to help others to comprehend the essential elements that music contain. For instance‚ a music college professor and even performer
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Music is a big part of people’s lives and it can be accessed so easily. People can hear music anywhere they go on their phones. Many people like to listen to music whenever they are doing other tasks. Others feel that the music distracts them from the work they are performing. In my opinion‚ I do not like listening to music when I am working on certain tasks that require thinking or concentration because do not concentration. I love listening to music in my free time. If there is music on while I
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Music Appreciation 205 Notes (1st Set) From the Syllabus Course Content: Outline for the Elements of Music (from your textbook): 1. Melody (The Tune): The main idea in a piece of music. Melody is the single line of notes heard in succession as a coherent unit. A melody has a shape moving up or down in ways that capture and hold our attention over a span of time. A melody is like a story: it has a beginning‚ middle‚ and an end. 2. Rhythm (The Time): The organization of beats or pulses
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The introduction of Donald J. Funes’ book Musical Involvement addresses the topic of music as an aesthetic experience. The preface to the introduction is the realization that truly listening to music requires an active response‚ and this type of listening is not innate. All throughout the day we are bombarded with music and every day sounds‚ most of which remain in our periphery. It can be difficult to focus on a single event such as a concert‚ lecture or any other situation that requires a quite
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Kyle McPherson 11/2/2010 Journal 4: Music as a social force Music has proven itself to be the ultimate way to express ones feelings while at the same time allow one a viable escape from reality. In my own experience‚ I have found that when I am feeling distressed or lonely‚ music helps stabilize my mood‚ when I am feeling great‚ music helps me concentrate on tasks‚ and allows my mind a break from potentially stressful situations. Historically‚ music has been used to help support movements for
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Music has always had the power to strike emotions good and bad‚ which is why it is so attractive to people. This has not changed since the days when the Beatles shocked the world. What has changed is that popular music lyrics and videos have become much more explicit. The question is to censor or not to censor? I say not to censor. Explicit music is merely a way for musicians to freely express their feelings and experiences and if we eliminated it‚ we would be violating freedom of expression‚ alienating
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