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Exploring Music's Complexities

Daniel Kobialka, founder of Wonder of Sound and Music Notes from Wonder of Sound.

The Psychology of Music Preferences

Lilly B. Gardner, MS.MS,MPA, DPA

Do you believe that a peek into your music collection will provide clues as to your character? Do your musical preferences reveal inner thoughts and feelings? Do you use music to manipulate your emotional states? Not surprisingly, there are two distinctly different opinions on the subject. The first is that song preferences are completely random; the other is…

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#blues #classical music #harmony #jazz #melody #music #music personality #rhythm

The Role of Music in Films

Film music Lilly B. Gardner, Ms,MS,MPA, DPA

Music has been an important component of the arts for centuries. Its early use in both musical and non-musical events laid the groundwork for its use in films. These vehicles included the theatre, the opera, and vaudeville, either as an intrinsic part of the performance or serving as a backdrop. Music’s use in the film industry also has a long history…

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Exploring the Role of Percussion Instruments

Lilly B. Gardner, MS. MS. MPA. DPA.

For a composition to be effective it must contain two of music’s basic elements – tone color (timbre) and dynamics. These two elements contribute to the feeling of motion and movement in music. Musical instruments provide the tone colors. The combination of rhythm, melody, harmony, dynamics, tone color and instruments form music. This post explores the…

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#beat #drumbs #music #percussion #rhythm #tuned or untuned

Music While Driving

Kristin S. Padilla, RN, BSN, RNC

If you are like many Americans, you may find yourself spending several hours in the car per week, especially if you live in an area of heavy traffic or have a long commute to work. Do you listen to music while you drive? If so, what type? Do you prefer silence or your own singing, perhaps?

Listening to music while driving is a popular activity and can be an…

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#Brodsky #driving behavior #music

What's the Difference Between Analog and Digital?

What’s the Difference Between Analog and Digital?

Lilly B. Gardner, MS, MS, MPA, DPA

It just takes a stroll through an antique shop to make one aware of the changes that have taken place in the music world for both the listener and the performer. Looking back to the time prior to Thomas Edison and Emil Berliner creating the first devises for recording and playing back the sound, music teachers were engaged in the act of teaching students how to…

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#analog #CD #digital #DJs #phonograph #recording #tape #vinyls

The Use of Complimentary and Alternative Therapies for Cancer

Kristin S. Padilla, RN, BSN, RNC

The C word. Cancer. It’s a word that none of us want to hear, especially if it involves a diagnoses of one’s self or loved ones. It can be a very long battle and the treatment options (especially chemotherapy regimens) can be brutal. During the battle with cancer, most patients seek ways to cope with the emotional and physical hardships they must deal with. …

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What is it About Music? Part Five – Tone Color

Lilly B. Gardner, MS, MS, MPA, DPA, CNS

If you play a musical instrument or have a favorite one, chances are you selected it because of its “tone color.” Tone color (or Timbre), as defined by musicologists, is what you hear being produced. You may have been attracted to the instrument’s richness or piercing quality or to how the sounds were being produced. Perhaps it was the strumming of…

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#Afternoon of a Faun #Arthur Elson #color #Debussy #dynamics #instruments #mood #music #tone color

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We are an independent recording company founded in 1985.

We record and produce music on CDs or as downloadable digitized music

Li-Sem Enterprises Inc.’s website is: http://www.wonderofsound.com

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Lullabies for Children of All Ages

This is truly a great post created by one of the most highly recognized Music Therapists along with one of the finest violinists in the country. Listen to Dr. Kobialka’s super rendition of When You wish Upon a Star as you read. I hope you all enjoy it as much as I.

A Guided Journey for When You Wish Upon A Star, from the album When You Wish Upon A Star by Daniel Kobialka”

— Suzanne Hanser,…

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Music Therapy is for the….Dogs??? Kristin S. Padilla, RN, BSN, RNC More and more experts including music therapists, veterinarians and animal behaviorists, say “yes," music therapy is beneficial to animals.

#dogs #health #music #pets #soothing #soothing music #stress

Notes from the Author

On behalf of Dr Kobialka and myself I want to thank all of you for your enthusiastic response to the posts on this blog. You all are more than generous with your positive comments. Since many of you have asked some of the same questions in your comments, this post will permit me to address many of you. So, here goes –

I am a first time blogger. Neither am I a programmer or web developer. I am a…

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The Importance of Introducing Classical Music to Children

Lilly B. Gardner, MS.,MS.,MPA, DPA

In the Novenber 19, 2012 issue of the New York edition of the New York Times, an email written by Mr. Les Dreyer was reprinted under the headline: Invitation to a Dialogue: Saving Classical Music.

Mr. Dreyer, a retired violinist with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, expressed his concern that “An entire generation, aged between 10 and 30, seems radically…

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#available resources #children #classical #classical music #newborns #young people

Great Jazz Musicians Dorothy Donegan

Lilly B. Gardner, MS, MS, MPA, DPA

This post is to acquaint you with one great jazz pianists, Dorothy Donegan. More than fifteen years have passed since the flamboyant jazz pianist Dorothy Donegan died. Sadly, few jazz fans, either then or now, are aware of what enormous orchestral capacity she had at the keyboard (1). Listen to a track from an archived album being released on May 12.

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