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2006-01-08 Thread guy_and_liz Smith
Not necessarily. In some countries, solicitors actually practice the law:-) Guy - Original Message - From: gary digman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lutelist lute@cs.dartmouth.edu; Edward Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 11:16 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Music Therapy

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2006-01-07 Thread Jon Murphy
Charles, I have to add to this thread without reading the many messages in it - I'm a bit behind in my reading having recently had a stroke myself. So pardon me if I say things already said by others. Music Therapy is bullshit, but music is therapeutic. As a harpist I've been in some discussions

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2006-01-07 Thread gary digman
. Gary - Original Message - From: Edward Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Stuart LeBlanc [EMAIL PROTECTED]; lute lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 4:35 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Music Therapy I reside in a small City of just under 100,000 people in population

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2006-01-07 Thread gary digman
that they should stick to the written notes. How's that for an urban myth? Gary - Original Message - From: Edward Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: gary digman [EMAIL PROTECTED]; lutelist lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 4:56 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Music Therapy The effects of music

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2006-01-07 Thread Edward Martin
- From: Edward Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Stuart LeBlanc [EMAIL PROTECTED]; lute lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 4:35 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Music Therapy I reside in a small City of just under 100,000 people in population. In the downtown area, there has become

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2006-01-07 Thread Edward Martin
, 2006 4:56 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Music Therapy The effects of music on plants. H. this is another fascinating myth. I saw a TV show this past autumn, called the Mythbusters. Thus us a funny show, where a hypothesis in the form of a myth is either confirmed or busted

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2006-01-07 Thread Ed Durbrow
I was actually hired to make a lute recording for a Japanese Suggestopedia teacher. That recording ended being the basis of my solo lute CD. On Jan 6, 2006, at 6:10 PM, Donatella Galletti wrote: Lozanov, a professor, invented a method which is called suggestopedia and allows you to learn

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2006-01-07 Thread gary digman
Isn't soliciting against the law? Gary - Original Message - From: Edward Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: gary digman [EMAIL PROTECTED]; lutelist lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 6:35 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Music Therapy Yes, it had a paradoxical effect on me, as I

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2006-01-06 Thread Donatella Galletti
: Friday, January 06, 2006 12:16 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Music Therapy Thanks for the skeptical link. Fascinating. I have heard all these claims that the music of Mozart has. I had an interesting experience with Mozart. I had a gig in Maui (!!) about 7 years ago [ a fantastic journey

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2006-01-06 Thread gary digman
- Original Message - From: Donatella Galletti [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lute lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 1:10 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Music Therapy and I also suspect my listening to classical music and playing has an influence on the plants nearby, because

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2006-01-06 Thread Edward Martin
growth was the loud rock greenhouse. ed At 01:31 AM 1/6/2006 -0800, gary digman wrote: - Original Message - From: Donatella Galletti [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lute lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 1:10 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Music Therapy and I also suspect my listening

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2006-01-06 Thread Taco Walstra
: - Original Message - From: Donatella Galletti [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lute lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 1:10 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Music Therapy and I also suspect my listening to classical music and playing has an influence on the plants nearby, because

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2006-01-06 Thread EUGENE BRAIG IV
- Original Message - From: Donatella Galletti [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, January 6, 2006 4:10 am Subject: [LUTE] Re: Music Therapy As I was saying, the Alpha state is the state in the brains which one has before falling asleep, and is particularly proper to raise intellectual

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2006-01-06 Thread Roman Turovsky
To: Eugene C. Braig IV; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; dongl Cc: lute Subject: [LUTE] Re: Music Therapy Thanks for the skeptical link. Fascinating. I have heard all these claims that the music of Mozart has. I had an interesting experience with Mozart. I had a gig in Maui (!!) about 7 years

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2006-01-06 Thread Roman Turovsky
Stockhausen is known to shrink trees into shrubbery. I wonder if this were the method that Vance uses to produce bonsai. RT == http://polyhymnion.org Feci quod potui. Faciant meliora potentes. To get on or off this list see list information at

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2006-01-06 Thread Donatella Galletti
: Taco Walstra [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Edward Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Donatella Galletti [EMAIL PROTECTED]; lutelist lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 2:07 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Music Therapy On Friday 06 January 2006 13:56, you wrote: The effects of music on plants. H

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2006-01-06 Thread Donatella Galletti
( I suppose this was for the list as well) Donatella - Original Message - From: Satoshi Hayakawa [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Donatella Galletti [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 11:03 AM Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Music Therapy Dear Donatella and Dear friends, Unfortunately

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2006-01-06 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
At 09:21 AM 1/6/2006, Donatella Galletti wrote: Well, I don't care much whether it has been demonstrated or not, it works for me and it's ok... That's very important, as I tried to allude in my last note. About the experiment below, did they care to check whether the people who looked after

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2006-01-06 Thread Howard Posner
Edward Martin wrote: Of the 4 greenhouses, 3 had little deviation. The one with the most obvious positive growth was the loud rock greenhouse. Were they growing marijuana plants? Roman Turovsky wrote: Stockhausen is known to shrink trees into shrubbery. I believe it was people that it

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2006-01-06 Thread David Rastall
I ask myself this one question about the Mozart Effect: why Mozart? Why not the Bach Effect? or the Brahms Effect? or any of the other names of composers? The Wagner Effect: now there's a thought... Is it because these researchers have determined that Mozart is the best composer of all?

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2006-01-06 Thread Donatella Galletti
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 4:36 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Music Therapy Edward Martin wrote: Of the 4 greenhouses, 3 had little deviation. The one with the most obvious positive growth was the loud rock greenhouse. Were they growing marijuana plants? I do think so!! Donatella

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2006-01-06 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Galletti [EMAIL PROTECTED]; lutelist lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 2:07 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Music Therapy On Friday 06 January 2006 13:56, you wrote: The effects of music on plants. H. this is another fascinating myth. I saw a TV show this past autumn

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2006-01-06 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 11:05:04 -0500 To: David Rastall [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Eugene C. Braig IV [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Music Therapy At 10:59 AM 1/6/2006, you wrote: I ask myself this one question about the Mozart Effect: why Mozart? Why not the Bach Effect? or the Brahms

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2006-01-06 Thread Howard Posner
David Rastall wrote: I ask myself this one question about the Mozart Effect: I count seven questions, but no matter... why Mozart? Why not the Bach Effect? or the Brahms Effect? or any of the other names of composers? The Wagner Effect: now there's a thought... Is it because these

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2006-01-06 Thread David Rastall
Yes, I've seen those. I particularly like the Schoenberg one. My point, though, was that this effect, whatever it may be, would be the same no matter which composer's name was atttached to it. David R On Friday, January 6, 2006, at 11:29 AM, Howard Posner wrote: David Rastall wrote: I

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2006-01-06 Thread Craig Allen
David wrote: I ask myself this one question about the Mozart Effect: why Mozart? Why not the Bach Effect? or the Brahms Effect? or any of the other names of composers? The Wagner Effect: now there's a thought... Is it because these researchers have determined that Mozart is the best

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2006-01-06 Thread David Rastall
Ah, yes, but that last question: does it make you smarter? is the one they don't, because they can't, give you a straight answer to. DR On Friday, January 6, 2006, at 11:58 AM, Craig Allen wrote: David wrote: I ask myself this one question about the Mozart Effect: why Mozart? Why not

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2006-01-06 Thread Howard Posner
David Rastall wrote: My point, though, was that this effect, whatever it may be, would be the same no matter which composer's name was atttached to it. But its proponents make specific claims about the structure of Mozart (and, in rather a leap of logic, its effect on children) that would

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2006-01-06 Thread David Rastall
On Friday, January 6, 2006, at 01:06 PM, Howard Posner wrote: But its proponents make specific claims about the structure of Mozart (and, in rather a leap of logic, its effect on children) that would not be true of Bach, Scriabin, Shostakovich, Hindemith, Machaut, Dowland, or Gesualdo.

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2006-01-06 Thread Howard Posner
David Rastall wrote: And (as long as you're monitoring my grammar ;-) ;-) please excuse my beginning the sentence with a conjunction) But I wasn't monitoring your grammar; I was just counting question marks. And you weren't around for the great start-a-sentence-with-a-question-mark

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2006-01-06 Thread Robert Clair
But its proponents make specific claims about the structure of Mozart (and, in rather a leap of logic, its effect on children) that would not be true of Bach, Scriabin, Shostakovich, Hindemith, Machaut, Dowland, or Gesualdo. They're not true of Mozart in many cases, of course. I thought

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2006-01-06 Thread David Rastall
On Friday, January 6, 2006, at 01:56 PM, Howard Posner wrote: But I wasn't monitoring your grammar; I was just counting question marks. Ah. So you were monitoring not my grammar, but my syntax. ;-) And you weren't around for the great start-a-sentence-with-a-question-mark debate, in

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2006-01-06 Thread Stuart LeBlanc
... -Original Message- From: Howard Posner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 12:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: lutelist Subject: [LUTE] Re: Music Therapy David Rastall wrote: My point, though, was that this effect, whatever it may be, would be the same no matter

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2006-01-06 Thread Stuart LeBlanc
To: gary digman; lutelist Subject: [LUTE] Re: Music Therapy The effects of music on plants. H. this is another fascinating myth. I saw a TV show this past autumn, called the Mythbusters. Thus us a funny show, where a hypothesis in the form of a myth is either confirmed or busted

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2006-01-06 Thread Stuart LeBlanc
to solve math problems. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 10:08 AM To: dongl Cc: walstra; lute Subject: [LUTE] Re: Music Therapy Well, I don't care much whether it has been demonstrated or not, it works for me and it's ok

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2006-01-06 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
At 05:36 PM 1/6/2006, Stuart LeBlanc wrote: Actually there a contraposition Mozart effect, involving the dispersal of loitering teenagers, criminals, etc: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/08/low-tech_loiter.html I would guess the reason for this effectiveness is that, for these people,

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2006-01-06 Thread Edward Martin
At 07:36 AM 1/6/2006 -0800, Howard Posner wrote: Edward Martin wrote: Of the 4 greenhouses, 3 had little deviation. The one with the most obvious positive growth was the loud rock greenhouse. Were they growing marijuana plants? No. ed Roman Turovsky wrote: Stockhausen is known to

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2006-01-06 Thread Edward Martin
I reside in a small City of just under 100,000 people in population. In the downtown area, there has become a notorious area for teenage loitering. The city tried to disperse them, using many means, such as using the police to patrol mingle. This did not work. So, what _was_ effective was

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2006-01-06 Thread Roman Turovsky
Hah! I'm sure they'd turn their tails up at Salieri! Still, the whales probably never saw Amadeus, so they might not have thought Salieri's music to be that bad after all. (Actually, I've never heard a note of Salieri's music. Is it really that bad?). It is not bad, and rather elegant. It

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2006-01-06 Thread Roman Turovsky
I thought that the structure of Mozart was conventional and relatively uncontroversial: head, torso, two arms, two legs, the usual minor appendages, etc. Peter Schiekele had an excellent discussion once of what makes WAM great as opposed to say, Salieri. WAM's strength was in adventurous

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2006-01-06 Thread Roman Turovsky
Well, I don't care much whether it has been demonstrated or not, it works for me and it's ok, and even if it did not work on my flowers, I would listen to music and play anyway. Donatella, the Mozart effect consists (or better is claimed to be) an enhanced mathematical and spatial

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2006-01-05 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Another potentially interesting use of music is reflected in research from a music teacher in this country (UK) which purported to show that playing Mozart to school pupils increased their capacity to learn. The so called Mozart effect was a very attractive hypothesis, but after 10

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2006-01-05 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
At 01:06 PM 1/5/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another potentially interesting use of music is reflected in research from a music teacher in this country (UK) which purported to show that playing Mozart to school pupils increased their capacity to learn. The so called Mozart effect

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2006-01-05 Thread Edward Martin
Thanks for the skeptical link. Fascinating. I have heard all these claims that the music of Mozart has. I had an interesting experience with Mozart. I had a gig in Maui (!!) about 7 years ago [ a fantastic journey], and I took a sailboat to view the humpback whales. The captain of the

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2006-01-05 Thread Stuart LeBlanc
: [LUTE] Re: Music Therapy Thanks for the skeptical link. Fascinating. I have heard all these claims that the music of Mozart has. I had an interesting experience with Mozart. I had a gig in Maui (!!) about 7 years ago [ a fantastic journey], and I took a sailboat to view the humpback

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2006-01-05 Thread David Rastall
On Thursday, January 5, 2006, at 09:00 PM, Stuart LeBlanc wrote: Perhaps a useful experiment would be to abruptly switch to a Salieri recording, after attracting them with Mozart. Hah! I'm sure they'd turn their tails up at Salieri! Still, the whales probably never saw Amadeus, so they

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2006-01-04 Thread Donatella Galletti
My understanding of using music in the operating room is that it relaxes the surgeon and helps him/her focus on doing the operation right. Similarly it is possible to relax the patient in circumstances where (s)he is awake and this would help the treatment (eg in the dentist's chair). I read

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2006-01-04 Thread The Other
On Tuesday 03 January 2006 05:35 am, Daniel F Heiman wrote: 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

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2006-01-04 Thread Ed Durbrow
On Jan 3, 2006, at 9:03 PM, Craig Allen wrote: Actually a friend of mine's wife was in the hospital and he played Dowland songs for here everyday. Um, given how depressing so much of Dowland is (or as Ellen Hargis put it, all melancholy, all the time), wouldn't that be

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2006-01-04 Thread Howard Posner
On Wednesday, Jan 4, 2006, at 06:53 America/Los_Angeles, Ed Durbrow wrote: Um, given how depressing so much of Dowland is (or as Ellen Hargis put it, all melancholy, all the time), wouldn't that be counterproductive? :) That's what I thought, but he gave me some examples of the songs he

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2006-01-04 Thread Mathias Rösel
Roman Turovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: And, of course, Dowland's contemporaries would be quick to pick up the sexual double meanings in all the death references in other songs, though these are probably a bad choice for a modern hospital room. HP Wholesale transfering the piccola morte

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2006-01-04 Thread Roman Turovsky
It has to judged on a case by case basis. It would ludicrous to take JD's ... down, down down fall, down, but arise I never shall! as a sign of erectyledisfunzione (antispam spelling). RT Roman Turovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: And, of course, Dowland's contemporaries would be quick to

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2006-01-04 Thread Howard Posner
I'm not sure why Roman thinks little death is an Italian concept. English literature through most of the 17th century is rife with it. It has to judged on a case by case basis. Of course. It would ludicrous to take JD's ... down, down down fall, down, but arise I never shall! as a sign of

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2006-01-04 Thread Roman Turovsky
I'm not sure why Roman thinks little death is an Italian concept. English literature through most of the 17th century is rife with it. It certainly originated in Italy, as most good things do. It has to judged on a case by case basis. Of course. And that is my point, to avoid blancket

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2006-01-04 Thread David Rastall
On Wednesday, January 4, 2006, at 02:25 PM, Roman Turovsky wrote: And that is my point, to avoid blancket statements that amounted to every time death is mentioned it referred to that copulatory objective. I've heard it called by many names, but that's a new one! DR To get on or off this

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2006-01-03 Thread LGS-Europe
Actually a friend of mine's wife was in the hospital and he played Dowland songs for here everyday. Yes: Die not before thy day. (Sorry, couldn't resist.) David To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

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2006-01-03 Thread Eric Crouch
I guess this is a bit OT as far as the lute goes, but I guess this discussion is running into problems of definition. My understanding of using music in the operating room is that it relaxes the surgeon and helps him/her focus on doing the operation right. Similarly it is possible to relax

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2006-01-03 Thread Daniel Shoskes
On Jan 3, 2006, at 4:09 AM, Eric Crouch wrote: I guess this is a bit OT as far as the lute goes, but I guess this discussion is running into problems of definition. My understanding of using music in the operating room is that it relaxes the surgeon and helps him/her focus on doing the

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2006-01-03 Thread Craig Allen
Ed wrote: Actually a friend of mine's wife was in the hospital and he played Dowland songs for here everyday. Um, given how depressing so much of Dowland is (or as Ellen Hargis put it, all melancholy, all the time), wouldn't that be counterproductive? :) Happy New Year, Craig

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2006-01-03 Thread Mathias Rösel
As a pastor, I sometimes take a lute with me for visits in hospitals, provided I'm not aware of hostility of the particular person towards music. When entering the room, I put the case down at the wall and leave it shut until it is mentioned by the ill person. Only then shall I offer to open the

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2006-01-03 Thread Roman Turovsky
Any such experience would probably vary somewhat from state to state, but I doubt there would be much musicality in a Texas cop RT From: Herbert Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] A musician, having exclusive control of a room's sound for an extended period of time, wields a great

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2006-01-03 Thread Herbert Ward
On Tue, 3 Jan 2006, Roman Turovsky wrote: Any such experience would probably vary somewhat from state to state, but I doubt there would be much musicality in a Texas cop Thanks for the sympathy. Fortunately for me, Austin is quite liberal compared to the rest of Texas.

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2006-01-03 Thread Charles Browne
surely they would keep to the beat? To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

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2006-01-03 Thread Roman Turovsky
I'm not too keen on madrigals using yeehaw instead of tralala. RT surely they would keep to the beat? To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

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2006-01-03 Thread Tony Chalkley
A blow to the head can sometimes produce a remarkable resonance... - Original Message - From: Roman Turovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 9:11 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Music Therapy Any such experience would probably vary somewhat from state to state, but I

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2006-01-03 Thread Roman Turovsky
A simultaneous blow to bodyparts of 2 separate individuals will produce heterophony, and... An almost simultaneous blow to bodyparts of 2 separate individuals will produce imitative counterpoint. RT From: Tony Chalkley [EMAIL PROTECTED] A blow to the head can sometimes produce a remarkable

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2006-01-03 Thread Daniel Shoskes
And lower blows could produce 20 Ways Upon the Balls? (after which the perp is lying on the Ground) (in a first inversion) And of course, HIP police always aim for the Gut. DS On Tuesday, January 03, 2006, at 05:13PM, Roman Turovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A simultaneous blow to

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2006-01-03 Thread Roman Turovsky
And lower blows could produce 20 Ways Upon the Balls? (after which the perp is lying on the Ground) This definitely precludes any possibility well-articulated When I am laid, regardless of its form. (in a first inversion) And of course, HIP police always aim for the Gut. That is until

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2006-01-03 Thread David Rastall
Many thanks to those who helped me track down Thomas Campion. As for this discussion below, it's sick. I thought perhaps I had missed something being off the list for nearly a year, but if this is what passes for sparkling repartee on the lute list these days, then adios muchachos! DR On

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2006-01-03 Thread Edward Martin
Ouch!! ed At 05:26 PM 1/3/2006 -0500, Daniel Shoskes wrote: And lower blows could produce 20 Ways Upon the Balls? (after which the perp is lying on the Ground) (in a first inversion) And of course, HIP police always aim for the Gut. DS On Tuesday, January 03, 2006, at 05:13PM, Roman

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2006-01-03 Thread Roman Turovsky
But in your case it wasn't like the Birth of Music scene in Mel Brooks' History of the World: Part I. As to injuries, I've had a few myself RT On my bicycle, I had a blow that definitely affected many body parts. ed At 05:11 PM 1/3/2006 -0500, you wrote: A simultaneous blow to

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2006-01-03 Thread David Cassetti
David, This is rather unusual for the lute list, but I have to admit it's one of the few times anything on the lute list made me laugh so much. Sorry, no offense, David David Rastall wrote: Many thanks to those who helped me track down Thomas Campion. As for this discussion

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2006-01-02 Thread Daniel F Heiman
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

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2006-01-02 Thread Ed Durbrow
It heals me. On Jan 3, 2006, at 5:29 AM, Charles Browne wrote: 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? Ed Durbrow Saitama,

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2006-01-02 Thread lautenist
It depends on who is playing :-) But seriously I never heard the lute would be used in that context. Although it could be very smoothing ... Happy new year to all of you Thomas It heals me. On Jan 3, 2006, at 5:29 AM, Charles Browne wrote: I gather that the Harp, among other instruments,

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2006-01-02 Thread Ed Durbrow
Actually a friend of mine's wife was in the hospital and he played Dowland songs for here everyday. On Jan 3, 2006, at 4:38 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But seriously I never heard the lute would be used in that context. Although it could be very smoothing ... Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan