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Music as therapy

The old musical schools believed that the music is the bridge that connects all things together. In imitation of the Pythagorean thought they represented a “sacred canon” this specific harmonies, intervals and proportions together, the so-called binding tones: when people hear certain sequences of notes and then sync the rhythms of her body and mind with the rhythms of the planet and plants, the earth and the sea.

Disharmony, disagreements between body and mind disappear. Music is the bridge to the cosmos, would open the mind and body to higher forces and an increased consciousness, because the music can connect the microcosm and the macrocosm together.The music influences on the mind and character of the people. It must be considered in education and public life as a moral and social factor.

The academic musicology has long been aware that certain sounds can positively affect the consciousness. One example is the Goldberg Variations by Bach, which can positively influence insomnia and restlessness.

The use of music to alter the state of consciousness has become one of the most important musical trends of the 70s. However, not only the musicians of the 70s discovered and experimented with this phenomenon. The shamans of Central Asia and certain Indian and oriental musicians know musical methods that lead to trance, pain control and the ability to walk on hot coals without injury.

Whether it is called sound, tone, resonance, or music therapy, in principle, all authors agree that music can have a significant influence on the physical and mental health of the people.

They propose composers and works which they consider particularly suitable for therapeutic purposes.The patient have the opportunity to choose “his music.” Therefore, music can be a medicine that helps correct and consciously applied without bitter taste and side effects.

The patient of today is enlightened and informed and he is focused on the rapidity of the effect of a therapy or a drug. Such a patient will hardly seek a sound therapy.

In the case of a long illness aetiology or chronicity, however, the patient is safe more willing to accept a longer alternative treatment within the meaning of holistic health.

Music Therapy – The effect of rhythm and sound in body and mind

Music is sound. Oscillations and waves are physical phenomena that take place in all areas of physics and life far beyond the “traditional” areas such as acoustics and optics, a role. Particular feature of the shaft is to transfer energy and therefore information., The “mechanical “vibration, as they often occur in nature, we find in the swing, or a pendulum back and forth, even in bridges and towers. In acoustics, vibrations play an important role.

Finally, oscillations occur in any solid body, because the molecules, of which it is constructed, continually vibrate around their equilibrium positions. If you look at the music waves, you can see that they transported energy.The sensor neural hearing is the response of the ear to his irritation by sound waves, which emanate from a sound source (instrument). However, the sound only arises in the brain.

Everything what is happening outside, are mechanical or physical processes. It is necessary strictly distinguish between the subjective sensation of sound and objective-physical phenomena. The physical-physiological process is demonstrable with measurement methods, but not the subjectivity of auditory sensation.

Rhythm – pulse of the music and life

The first musical performances, it can be assumed, were certainly hitting on items that made different sounds. When we look at documentaries on contemporary primitive peoples, we find that the rhythm, only the stamping with his foot, then with drum and beater. Many people still use music to put themselves in extraordinary states of consciousness.

Music Therapy – The secret

The secret is to find the right effect. While one of us a quiet rhythm with about 60-70 beats is perceived as calming and peaceful at the minute, with over 100 beats rhythms are usually characterized as a fast and restless. It is interesting that a healthy heart is at rest with about 60-70 beats per minute, while a resting heart rate above 80 is already pathological.

The healing power of music

Listen to music; it stimulates all areas of the brain, so that the human body reacts to this with emotions, senses, etc. If we observe, for example, the behaviour of people at concerts, we would have illustrate this.

Music and the Brain

Oliver Sacks, neurologist has explored the phenomenon of people with different illnesses. Particularly impressive were his investigations in relation to Parkinson’s patients. In all case studies, he could see that even patients began with extremely strong marked symptoms, i.e. in the case of complete stillness, but with music, they suddenly start to dance and sing.He claims that the reason for this lies in the rhythm of the music, because music is a structure of the patient and give a clear speed, which are necessary to bring structure back in their movement.

The power of music and the impact it has on the child’s brain, have also been scientifically proven many times. In particular, the effects of classical music on children’s brain development should be emphasized.The rhythm of the music has a clear structure, a specific pattern, a structure. This logical structure influences the analytical thinking. Music and mathematics are linked together, so to speak.

Music and mathematics are even referred to as siblings. For Johann Sebastian Bach, for example, music was a numbers game and rules, series and intervals, correlations, and orders. Regardless of whether the music leads to special achievements in mathematics and logical subjects or not, it has great importance for the human brain capacity and the emotional state of every man, and this is worthy of attention.The right music for the individual at the right time can lift the mood, can promote creativity, can help tackle problems with a certain ease. Music gives wings, so to speak.

People of all kinds come together under the influence of good music and go to another. You no longer feel isolated, but recognize the common connection.Daniel Barenboim (world famous conductor) through his orchestra proves to the world how different worldviews, religions, languages, cultures can be brought together through music. His living example proves that music does not only change the people, but also can change the world.