Hindustani classical music

the Salzburg Festival in 2005, Valery Gergiev conducted the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in its performance of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov‘s Scheherazade, Op. 35 (Classical Music db 1). He is a highly achieved, accomplished and revered conductor and is considered to have “attained a level of worldly power perhaps unmatched by any living classical musician” (qtd. by Alex Ross 1). All the wile, this orchestra is considered to be one of the premium orchestras in the World (Moderato 1). Between the two

After all… being a struggling, suffering musician would be enough to drive anyone to suicide, can you blame them? Show me a classical musician whose mental health has not been compromised. When I thought about what type of music I enjoy playing the most, the answer was without a doubt jazz, but jazz comes with its own slew of difficulties. The path of a jazz musician is paved with pipes, used needles, and empty bottles of

Studies have shown that music helps improve memory, increase focus, helps you become more creative, reduces stress, increases your IQ, and stimulates both left and right brain while studying. Music has been proven scientifically to have beneficial effects on mental development. The Dana Foundation studied the impact of listening to music while taking a test and the scores improved when students were listening to music. While music can help you focus it can also impact and regulate your mood and the

by many that simply listening to Mozart’s music can make you smarter. This is because classical music and our spatial reasoning pathways in our brain are extremely similar (The Telegraph). A study done in 1988 by Gordon Shaw and Xiodan Leng showed that nerve cells were connected to other groups of cells and created precise patterns and rhythms. These results were turned into sounds and they noticed it resembled the tunes of several music styles (Lerch, Donna). They joined with other

The Mozart Effect The idea behind the “Mozart Effect” is that when babies listen to classical masterpieces, specifically Mozart, their brainpower will be enhanced which ultimately increases their intelligence. There are a myriad number of people who have tested this hypothesis and truly believe that the waves and the sounds engenders cognitive skills in the domain of learning. However, the real question is that do scientists substantiate this claim? Is there solid evidence or is it all an obscure

When the Baroque era ended around 1750, we were introduced to an evolved musical world: The Classical Era. Beginning in 1750, revolution severely altered the way politics and social order were handled and discussed. Twenty-five years later in fact, we entered the American Revolution, and fourteen years after that, The French Revolution began. Around that time we were also introduced to Benjamin Franklin’s electricity discoveries and Edward Jenner’s discovery of small pox vaccination that would later

expression for European and American music, of the more serious kind, as opposed to popular folk music,” is the ‘Classical Music’ definition according to the New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy (Houghton Mifflin Company). It appears that finding a common description for a musical phenomenon, that’s been around since the Medieval Period, is much easier said than done. I must admit that prior to taking this course, I fell victim to assuming all classical music is dense and contained very little diversity

stated, is the idea that music can help with many other aspects of a student’s education. Its research started decades ago and is still highly debated today, with some condition to the findings. However, in Bob Duke’s article, he explains why it doesn’t matter whether of not it helps tests scores. He believes we should not be using this as an excuse for keeping music programs because there are countless better reasons. Duke’s article highly reinforced why I personally believe music education is so important

Music Makes Children Smarter Music in many ways. has a potential to allure an individual, especially children, to improve their intellect, when involved in music. Schools and organizations had researched and estimated that schools with music curriculum, have more graduation and successful rates than school that do not doesn’t have music subjects. Universities have concluded that a specific part of our brain had a major role that can progress to become intellectual when exposed to classical music

me more joy than anything else in the whole world. For the past couple of years before I turned twelve, I’d been watching my cousin Brady be very successful through music and playing the saxophone. I have memories of going to his band concerts seeing him in the jazz band playing solos and in the concert band playing classical music. I wanted to be just like him. Flash forward to sixth grade registration... I’d woken up that day imagining playing the first note on my shiny, new saxophone (inspired