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| menu piano click on the piano to get it started and then use the corresponding keys on your keyboard
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| Music
therapy is the clinical and evidence-based use
of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals
within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed
professional who has completed an approved music therapy
program. In other words, music therapy is the use of music by a trained professional to achieve therapeutic goals. Goal areas may include, but are not limited to, motor skills, social/interpersonal development, cognitive development, self-awareness, and spiritual enhancement. Music therapists are found in nearly every area of the helping professions. Some commonly found practices include developmental work (communication, motor skills, etc.) with individuals with special needs, songwriting and listening in reminiscence/orientation work with the elderly, processing and relaxation work, and rhythmic entrainment for physical rehabilitation in stroke victims. The idea of music as a healing modality dates back to the beginnings of history, and some of the earliest notable mentions in Western history are found in the writings of ancient Greek philosophers. Music therapy in its current/modern form has existed in the United States since around 1944, when the first degree program in the world was founded at Michigan State University. The American Music Therapy Association (AMTA) was founded in 1998 as a merger between the National Association for Music Therapy (NAMT, founded in 1950) and the American Association for Music Therapy (AAMT, founded in 1971). Numerous other national and international organizations exist. |
Jokes:
What do you get when you drop a piano down a mine shaft? -- A flat minor. What do you get when you drop a piano on an army base? -- A flat major. Why is an 11-foot concert grand better than a studio upright? -- Because it makes a much bigger kaboom when dropped over a cliff. Why was the piano invented? -- So the musician would have a place to put his beer. The audience at a piano recital were appalled when a telephone rang just off stage. Without missing a note the soloist glanced toward the wings and called, "If that's my agent, tell him I'm working!" Why did they say that the pianist had fingers like lightning? -- They never struck the same place twice. What did they find when they dug up Beethoven's grave? -- He was decomposing. Why did Mozart kill his chickens? -- Because they always ran around going "Bach! Bach! Bach!" Bach had 22 kids because he had no stops on his organ. Q: Imagine a singer, a piano player, a bass player and a drummer sitting around a table. now if you drop a hundred-dollar bill right in the middle and tell them they're free to take it, who's getting it? A: The piano player. Why? The bass player is too slow, for the singer it's too little money and the drummer didn't get the assignment. The Piano is celebrating its 300th anniversary. It's also the 300th anniversary of the phrase "But I don't want to practice". |
Quotes:
"I always make sure that the lid over the keyboard is open before I start to play." -Artur Schnabel, Australian pianist, asked the secret of piano playing. "Nothing soothes me more after a long and maddening course of pianoforte recitals than to sit and have my teeth drilled." -George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright and music critic. "When she started to play, Steinway himself came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano." -Bob Hope, American comedian, on comedian Phyllis Diller. "Claire de Loonie." -my band teacher, after hearing a student play Clair de Lune. Definitions: Piano: A cumbersome piece of furniture found in many homes, where playing it ensures the early departure of unwanted guests. -David W. Barber, The Musician's Dictionary. Piano. n. A parlor utensil for subduing the impenitent visitor. It is operated by depressing the keys of the machine and the spirits of the audience. -Ambrose Bierce, American journalist, The Devil's Dictionary. piano tuner: A person employed to come into the home, rearrange the furniture, and annoy the cat. The tuner's chief purpose is to ascertain the breaking point of the piano's strings. |
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