Charles: 1) One of my friends, a violin player, does a weekly music therapy session at the local Veterans' Hospital for soldiers who are having a difficult time readjusting to civilian life after combat experience in the Middle East. I asked him about the format, and he replied that he usually just takes requests and plays by ear. The vast majority of the requests are for pop music from the last couple of decades. For that context and mode of operating, it would seem that a guitar would be preferable to a lute.
2) I am having difficulty understanding the function of the music in a operating room/theater. I was under the impression that the patient is normally quite unconscious while undergoing the surgery. It makes much more sense to me for chemotherapy or radiation therapy sessions. Daniel Heiman On Mon, 2 Jan 2006 20:29:39 -0000 "Charles Browne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > A Happy New Year to all! > There was an article in one of the UK national newspapers recently > about > Harpists being 'employed' in operating theatres and in Chemotherapy > Units to > help reduce tension and anxiety in patients. I followed this up by > looking at > various links to formal Music Therapy and I gather that the Harp, > among other > instruments, is often used because of its particular properties. I > wondered > whether the lute would be similarly useful. Has anybody on the list > experience > of this? > best wishes > Charles > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > >
