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Role of Music in
Our Lives
Music is a universal medium used to
regulate body rhythms and emotion
Lounge music
Dance music
National anthems
Lullaby
A soothing song to calm children
Background
sound
to
provide
company
White sound to reduce the impact of
other sounds in the environment
jingles
Christmas music
Religious Music
Alphabet Song
Music is as
cultural as speech
Melody is
Thought
Left Hemisphere
Sequential Analysis:
systematic, logical
interpretation of information.
Melody is
Thought
Right Hemisphere
Holistic Functioning: processing
multi-sensory input
simultaneously to provide
"holistic" picture of one's
environment.
Melody is
Thought
Rhythm is Will
Humans are rhythmic:
Harmony is
Emotion
Harmony provides a
context to the melody
and has the ability to
change the emotional
feel.
Harmony allows us to
match emotionality of
music to the situation.
Harmony is the
cultural accent of
music.
Everyone is Musical
Music is:
social and
private
interesting
accessible
adaptable
interdisciplinary
healthy
enticing
supportive
emotional
fun
Music allows:
participation of everyone
personal expression
growth, development and change