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CHILDREN EXPLAIN MUSIC

QUOTES FROM GRADE SCHOOL CHILDREN ABOUT MUSIC “A virtuoso is a musician with real high morals.” “Beethoven wrote music even though he was deaf.  He was so deaf he wrote loud music.” “Refrain means don’t do it.  A refrain in music is the...

WHAT IS A BRAINWORM?

Musical Hallucinations (also Known as “Earworms”) Advertisers, film and television producers love to use catchy tunes that will stay in listeners’ ears and brains and instantly make you think of a certain product or show.  But if a tune or jingle gets stuck in your...

MUSIC AFFECTS PLANTS

How Music Affects the Growth of Plants Music is so powerful it can affect the growth of plants! Dorothy Retallack, a graduate student in Denver, Colorado, placed plants in five greenhouses with different types of music playing    All the greenhouses had identical...

EACH NOTE ACTIVATES A SPECIFIC CHAKRA

It is believed by some that different notes or tones of the scale have special effects on us. There are seven notes of the major diatonic scale, and there are seven chakras (wheels of energy) surrounding the body, according to yoga philosophy. The chakras are located...