Harmonious Prosperity: Examples of Instrumental and Musical Benefits
Author
Gillen, JustinPublication Date
2011-12-08T20:20:12ZItem Type
ThesisSubject
Instrument; Benefits; Music; Playing; Guitar; Bass; Musician; Band; Learning Music; Teaching Music; Touring; Musician Interview; Musical Auditions; Jason Grant; Nathan Petrella; Gabe Sipson; Josh Guerraz; Justin Gillen; PianoMetadata
Show full item recordAbstract
This collection of anecdotes and research shows the psychological and life enjoyment benefits that anyone can gain by learning and playing a musical instrument. It includes the author's personal experiences with learning an instrument, along with four interviews with musicians of differing experience levels, musical styles, and ways that playing music has helped their lives. The interviews range from a guitar teacher that's been playing for 25 plus years to a musician that spent six years touring. This thesis also examines the ability of music to soothe and calm, as well ass its potential power to change a person's life by eliciting commitment, devotion, and discipline.Description
This piece is meant to inspire musicians or people that want to become a musician. The benefits that many people have acquired from playing an instrument are explained and elaborated upon. The author is experienced in this process and offers information to provide readers with knowledge on how to approach learning an instrument and acquire skills that will help them do this more effectively and quickly.Collections
Related items
Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.
-
MUSIC TEACHER PERCEPTIONS OF INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL MUSIC ENSEMBLE CLASSROOM
Coates, Douglas (2020-05-17)<p>The National Coalition for Core Arts Standards (NCCSA) adopted new standards for theatre, dance, media arts, visual arts, and music in 2014, which emphasized that music teachers expand teaching styles and pedagogy beyond ... -
This is Our Music: Free Jazz, the Sixties, and American Culture
Peretti, Burton (2008-06-01) -
AN INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEARNING STYLES OF FIFTH GRADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AND THEIR MUSIC COMPOSITION PROCESSES AND PRODUCTS
Marrinan, Nora (2010-05-01)<p>This researcher sought to investigate the relationship between perceptual learning modalities of fifth grade elementary school students and their compositional processes and products. Music composition, at the elementary ...