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DO YOUR
CHILDREN AND YOURSELF A FAVOR!
MUSIC
AND BRAIN WAVES
I find it both funny and strange
that as I grow older, how many times I find it difficult to remember things
like names and dates but other things that have proved to be of great importance
in my life, linger in the mind as if they just happened. One of those “things” is the great affect
listening to the “proper” type of music has on the brain as to what you can
learn and create.
The class was held in Picayune,
Mississippi and was organized and scheduled by RE/MAX Dixie Region for its
RE/MAX agents in Southern Louisiana and South Mississippi. The presenter was BOB DAVIS. I vividly remember his message when he talked
about the success the East German athletes were having as compared to athletes
from around the world including the United States. Why were they performing at such a higher
rate of achievement than their competitors?
MUSIC!!!!! Not just any
music, BAROQUE MUSIC! So simple but so effective as I have proven to
myself MULTIPLE TIMES! This was
the time BEFORE computers became prominent. Programs like Spotify did not
exist. Davis promoted a CD that had
multiple variations of just one musical piece – THE CANON! I bought one of his CDs and still have it.
FROM THE LINK BELOW: Why Baroque Music? Research reveals that Baroque music pulses
between 50 to 80 beats per minute. Baroque music "stabilizes mental,
physical and emotional rhythms," according to Chris
Boyd Brewer,
"to attain a state of deep concentration and focus in which large
amounts of content information can be processed and learned."
The funny thing about The Canon,
just about everyone has heard it multiple times but could probably not be able
to name it. It is played at almost every
wedding. It can sound classical or it
can sound jazzy, easy listening, or just about any music genre you choose.
I could try to explain it to you
and it would take a scientist to do so; I am not a scientist. I can, however read
and I can apply this oh so easy principle to prove to myself that it
works. I challenge everyone to give it a
try. First, I challenge you to read and
absorb the message on the following link regarding Baroque Music. I know, I know, it’s categorized as being classical
music, sort of but just about everyone has heard the most popular of Baroque
Music – THE CANON. If you
are a member of Spotify (and you should be), you can download the music free of
charge. If you want the music less the advertising
there is a subscription that you can sign up for (which I have, love it). The advantage of this shines like a beacon
when you use music such as The Canon to study by. When you use it to study, you do not want
interruptions with the advertisements that would be spaced out while you are
listening.
For the record, I created a
playlist on my Spotify account that contains SEVEN hours of different
versions of The Canon because I know how much this technique works. In short, it involves brain waves. Everyone’s brain gives off brain waves as do
the various selections of Baroque music; the waves match each other. As Davis explained, listening to the Baroque
Music opens pathways into the brain and enables the listener to increase the
ability to focus on what they want to achieve or accomplish. It was hard for me at first to believe that
listening to music could do that. If you
want to hear the playlist I created, you first must have a Spotify account
(Spotify.com) and hopefully you can open this link to my playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7d9W2VFfEnYdIWttZi7Ysw?si=425232dcedbf4ae3
As a side note, I have read
almost every one of Wallace D. Wattles books that he wrote in the
1900s. In almost every book, he referred
to “thinking in a certain way.”
Never has that been more evident than when Davis taught about listening
to Baroque Music. You don’t actually
listen as you study or write or think about what is about to happen next
(athletes). The music is just on and you
are actually focusing more on the task at hand than the music itself. Don’t take my word for it when I tell you IT
WORKS, try it for yourself and judge for yourself.
What’s important is that
different music has different results.
If you or your children want to learn more and choose to listen to music
while they study or write, listening to popular electronically generated music
of the day mixes the brain’s ability to learn while listening. Listening to Baroque Music opens the brain to
learning and retaining more. It’s that
simple!
If you want to give your children
a “leg up” on being able to better study and retain what they are studying, ask
them to just give it a try. The music is
at least calming. It is on as I write
this. I play it when I want to read a
book. I also play it when I just want to
relax, totally relax!
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