by Vincent | Apr 19, 2010 | Reviews, Share Your Experiences |
"My son Jed, age 8, is severely retarded with difficulties in language comprehension. It would have been impossible for him to learn the piano the normal way. The Piano Wizard, being so intuitive a method, makes it possible for Jed to know when to push which key... by Vincent | Apr 17, 2010 | Home-School, Parents |
One author's thoughts for parents who struggle getting their children to practice the piano: I use the example of the child who was forced to learn piano as a child and hated it. They grow up and look back on the whole experience as a very dark period in their... by Vincent | Apr 17, 2010 | Music is Spiritual |
"A soundbite of the eternal" and "it has the ability to touch our hearts at the deepest level" are two quotes from Rob Berg as to why God created music. Check out his quote here: Why do you think God created music?...Join the discussion... by Vincent | Apr 17, 2010 | Learn Music Like a Language |
Some ideas and evidence of deep links between the two. Some of the attributes of music are particularly memorable and can be used to assist learning. Music and language are both important in helping humans form large social groups, and one can argue that they... by Vincent | Apr 17, 2010 | Learn Music Like a Language |
Music and Lyrics: How the brain splits songs From the fMRI scans the team worked out that one particular part of the brain - the superior temporal sulcus - was responding to the songs. In the middle of the STS, the lyrics and tune were being processed as a single... by Vincent | Apr 17, 2010 | Learn Music Like a Language, Music In School |
Music (and Math) as Language A great thought provoking quote: "One beauty of music is that it presents our ears with a perfect symbiosis of language and mathematics. It is math that performs like language, in the same way that light behaves as both particle and...