Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts

Monday, June 11, 2012

Using Music

 Here are three beautiful Persian rugs.
You can easily see that their beauty lies
in the colours and intricate patterns.
Although there is such a mass of busy detail,
each rug has about it a feeling of order
and serenity. This is because the patterns,
and the colours, are carefully chosen and
placed to present an overall balance in what
you see. It is beneficial to the brain to be surrounded by what is balanced, in all areas of life.
If a child is said to be "disabled"....or "unbalanced"
then you can think about bringing balance in
by providing good quality art to look at, and listening to good quality music. These are just two areas of life that can be easily adjusted to improve the child's environment.
Music and art can be part of the general background of life in your home....you don't have to spend time
looking for long stretches at art, or listening to music
while doing nothing else. Have prints of paintings that you like, or even just postcards, around the house. Play music at a low level so that it doesn't dominate. For balance, harmony and beauty in your home, play music that is famous for these qualities. In particular, play it as background music when it is homework time. It helps the brain to focus and work efficiently.

For starters, listen to this one on youtube: Bach Goldberg Variations

This is classical music and you may not listen to music like this usually. Just play it softly in the background......Bach for the Brain! Like the rugs, the music is made up of complex patterns that bring order and balance into the brain.



Sunday, December 18, 2011

Holly and Ivy for Christmas

Here is some typically Christmassy Christmas singing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96decVNChdo

 The carol is a 19th century Cornish song and it is another version of the more familiar one "The Holly and the Ivy".
Here is some information from Wikipedia these carols. It seems that there is more to holly and ivy than you may think!

 "The Holly and the Ivy" is an English traditional Christmas carol. The carol contains intermingled Christian and Pagan imagery, with holly and ivy representing Pagan fertility symbols[1]. Holly and ivy have been the mainstay of English Christmas decoration for church use since at least the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, when they are mentioned regularly in churchwardens’ accounts (Roud 2004). Holly and ivy also figure in the lyrics of the "Sans Day Carol".



Tuesday, December 6, 2011

more music for Christmas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3TUWU_yg4s&feature=related
This one of the most famous pieces of music ever written, sung by one of the most famous choirs!

Thursday, September 29, 2011

download youtube

http://www.getaudiofromvideo.com/

Youtube videos can now be downloaded to you computer so that you can save them, and listen  any time, anywhere. This is a really useful thing, and provides a simple way of accessing good music easily and without cost. The link above outlines the steps to follow in order to do this....it's very easy.
Here is another link to some really beautiful music....you can get it into your computer, your phone, your anything else, and listen to it whenever things are going pear shaped....very soothing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCxlO2hn3yQ&feature=fvsr

Friday, September 16, 2011

Get some good music easily!

You can get plenty of really nice music quite easily. Go to youtube.  In the search box, at the top just type in "Mozart concertos.  . The quiet, peaceful pieces are the 2nd movements of the concertos and symphonies. The other movements are all very nice to listen to but they are not as slow and peaceful.
Let me know if you want any extra help or information about the music. This music is very good for everyone in your family. If you have it playing in the background, it can act as a sort of soother for your feelings. I don't think that it is necessary to pay too much attention to the music if you don't want to. For many people, classical music is a bit of another world, and hard to connect with, but if you can just turn off the TV, radio, whatever, and have this music quietly doing its thing there in your home, it will be a good way to go.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Mozart

Here is a selection of beautiful music by Mozart. In the some clips, there are some lovely images as well to match the music.

Piano concerto: a slow movement:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df-eLzao63I

Clarinet Concerto: a famous piece, with three sections:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSUqYbWSOkQ 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLtCPLIMYtc&feature=fvw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMYCFg-8vTU

Flute and Harp Concerto: first and second movements:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGQOBvVINv4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI6mNal8cjw




Sunday, September 19, 2010

Here are a few nice pieces of music to listen to  on youtube. Some of the videos are not all that great but you can minimise the picture and just listen to the music, which is great! The last two listed....Canadian Brass...... are top listening.

classical guitar:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkTKhnoBDto&feature=related 

classical guitar:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HngtLWLkMs8  

Handel Water Music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaqcRcVJo1Y
     
Mozart Horn Concerto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_TrR2uH3T4

Purcell Trumpet Voluntary
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuHtLxxuJsY

Canadian Brass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtAvTasKNvE

Canadian Brass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlkRI-YmT_E&feature=fvw