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What is music to you?

What is music to you?. "Music is so naturally united with us that we cannot be free from it even if we so desired" -Boethius . How does music affect you?. Elements of music. Rhythm C oordination, brain symmetry, heart rate, and breathing Tempo

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What is music to you?

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  1. What is music to you? "Music is so naturally united with us that we cannot be free from it even if we so desired" -Boethius

  2. How does music affect you?

  3. Elements of music • Rhythm • Coordination, brain symmetry, heart rate, and breathing • Tempo • Learning, retention, heart rate, blood pressure • Order • Brain waves, coordination

  4. Positive effects • Strengthen or weaken emotions • Change your mood • Decrease signs of depression • Relax • Regulate heart beat, blood pressure, and breathing • Increase coordination • Enhance focus, learning, and retention

  5. Classical music

  6. Baroque period • French word that means “irregular” • Time period following the Renaissance (1600-1750) • Mozart, Handel, Bach

  7. Effects of Baroque Music • Music with approximately 60 beats per minute • Slow and regulate the heart beat • Affects the amplitude and frequency of brain waves • Activates both sides of the brain • Maximizes learning and retention • Increases brain’s ability to process information • Increases learning and retention by a minimum of 5X

  8. Dr. George Lozanov • Designed a system of teaching foreign language • Used baroque music with 60 beats per minute • 1,000 vocabulary words in 1 day • Language learned with 85-100% accuracy in 3 months • 100% retention even after 4 years

  9. Your brain on music Medial Prefrontal Cortex Forebrain Cerebellum NucleusAccumbus Ventral Tegmental

  10. Negative Effects • Stopped Anapestic Beat • Can affect the symmetry between the right and left side of the brain • alarm in the body • lessened work performance • learning and behavior problems in children • depression in adults • Causes muscles in the body go weak

  11. “The human mind shuts down after 3 or 4 repetitions of a rhythm, or a melody, or a harmonic progression” –Dr. Michael Ballam • Excessive repetition causes people to release control of their thoughts • If it can hard boil and egg, what is it doing to your body?

  12. Unlocking the Power of Music • Motivator • Relaxer • Balancer

  13. What is your music doing for you? Harness the power of music and it will take you where you want to go!

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