Reflection About Music

Helmholtz demonstrated that even after such sciences as acoustics, physiology, mathematics and psychology have done their best to define it. Music is yet something far different, far more than a fusion of all these points of view. Music stands in a much closer connection with pure sensation than any of the other arts it comes more from within us, expressing the essential unity of things; it is, he says, “in music the sensation tone are the material of art,” (Helmholtz, 1862).
While I was doing this essay my eight year old daughter overheard me saying “What is music?” She blurted out and said music is everywhere, you can hear in it the radio, television, internet, gadgets like iPod, iShuffle, iPhone, MP3’s, etc., sometimes you can even find yourself humming when cooking, studying, showering, especially when you are in a state of happiness. She said it can be soft, hard, sad, happy music and it depends on individual what type of music people want to hear. She immediately went in a state of cheerfulness when she sang her favorite songs. It amazed me how an eight year old able to described music in her own little way, maybe it has something to do with me listening to music consistently in all my three pregnancies. My 12 year old son is interested into chiptune, a type of music that you can hear from old video game systems; he said it gives him a small nostalgic feeling, and reminds him of his video game moments. In the early morning, my eldest daughter plays piano to calm her down. It was very soothing to hear, and perked me up to start my morning into a good mood. These are one of the examples of how music influences your feelings.
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...d the sessions after they feel they have healed. Depending on the patient’s situation, they can also choose to have their session in a group or privately (Preti & Welch 2004). Treatment can be in the forms of listening to song in a silent environment or playing an instrument (Hilliard, 2003; MacIntosh 2003). With the versatility that music therapy offers, some patients can even self-administer their own treatments (Siedliecki & Good, 2006). They can take home music to listen to or play an instrument, increasing the convenience of music therapy.
As music is a universal medium, this form of therapy has the potential to cross the boundaries of age, culture, language, and experience (Baker & Jones, 2006; Robarts. 2006; Sorrel & Sorrel, 2008). With these attributes in mind, we can assume that music has very advantageous properties and is very suitable for many people.