Comments on: How Music Can Change the Brain

By: joy yelin

joy yelin — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:06:30 +0000

I am a Professor of Dalcroze Studies. Émile Jacques-Dalcroze, a music educator in Geneva Switzerland, determined about 100 years ago that we learn not only with our obvious senses, but also through our muscle memory. He created a system of learning music through movement, ear-training, and improvisation. In my years teaching students from pre-school through graduate school, I have had remarkable reactions, from an autistic 4 year old who spoke for the first time after a music-movement class, to graduate students who feel enriched in their musicianship and their ability to improvise. I find the studies of the brain and music fascinating, and gives validity to us practitioners of Dalcroze who have recognized it’s amazing benefits for years, both personally as musiciansand in the classroom.

By: Dr. Phyllis York

Dr. Phyllis York — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:06:08 +0000

I would like to contaact Dr, Sacks to ask him about my personal problem concerning hearing music when I read. Is this common? Am I a freak? How can I make it stop? or am I another Mozart?

By: Music and the Brain « polka dot sound

Music and the Brain « polka dot sound — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:29:27 +0000

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By: Mercedes Pinera Loy

Mercedes Pinera Loy — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:34:29 +0000

I watched the show last night with great interest. Since I was a toddler, I’ve loved to dance and have always danced in my head. Ten years ago I started taking adult ballet classes, and it’s my most enjoyable activity. If I was not able to dance, it would be a great loss for me. I suspect that the same relationship exists between dancing and the brain, as it does between listening to music and the brain. It’s actually a combination of listening to music and projecting movements with our bodies. It’s fascinating! Thank you for a great educational program.

By: Dena Cornwell

Dena Cornwell — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:14:02 +0000

I watched the show last night,Wednesday 6/24/09, I found it very intriging. I work in a Hearing instrument office and wanted know, If introducing someone with a profound hearing loss to music with an aided ear, could this be part of that persons recovery to hearing better? Meaning, could the brain restimulate itself for a better quality of hearing and or clarity of soumd? With the new “Audibel” hearing aids, we have been giving people sound / hearing, who have had other professionals tell them they have a “Dead” ear. Really what I want to know is: would the music aspect of it be complementory to helping these persons improve their hearing?