Sunday, February 23, 2014
Blog 6
I ran across this article today and it like all the other blog articles I put up have some connection to my life. The one is about is call Brain Imaging Shows the Language of Music" and the reason I'm writing this on is like a lot of other people I like music. I like music for the way it makes me feel emotionally and physically, music can really bring out a number of different feelings, at this stage I like the nostalgic feelings I get from older music I listen to.
Anyway back to the article, according a study done at John Hopkins University in Maryland a prestigious medical school, the study took two jazz musicians and had them play a couple of pieces from memory then they were asked to do some improvisational jazz.
Bothe musicians were connected to devices that tracked brain activity, the surprising result was when the musicians engaged in the back and forth improvisational exercises the parts of the brain showing a lot of activity were those that are normally used for syntax and language.
I found this super interesting since I have always want to become a musician but missed the boat on that one, so I did the next best thing I introduced my son to a music and music instruction at an early age and he stuck with it.
It was tough in the beginning but as everyone knows time fly's and now he cant get enough music and he's always on his guitars.
Here's the article:
http://www.livescience.com/43509-brain-music-language.html
Here's is some stuff my son is putting together, it's an instrumental and he's on guitar.
https://soundcloud.com/loveenduresdelay/rough-song
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I found fascinating that the scientist used an MRI to scan the brains of musicians when they are playing an instrument. I respect musicians who start to create their own music. an interesting fact about the article is how the researchers found that the musicians used an "area of the brain associated with syntax and language were very active as the musicians were improvising." Then again, it makes sense because music is a language of its own. Language contains tones and melodic sounds when we speak and babies are able to pick up on the rhythm sounds we make. Yet, babies do not know the meaning of the sounds, similarly, the musicians does not activate the semantics area - which I found surprising. Language has several rules and we understand what it means, unlike music, where we interpret it with feelings not thoughts.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing this article, I learn quite a bit about music language. I love to hear classical music. Which makes me wonder how our brain activates when we are hearing music and we played an instrument.
I really enjoyed this. I never knew that music flared up the same brain activity and brain waves that syntax and language do. I alos, am a music fanatic and wish I would have pursued it further. You, like myself, were able to give the gift of music to your child. That is truely a wonderful gift! Not only will children with musical influence be smarter, be more critically inclined and free thinking, but they will also be able to share their soul through music!!! <3
ReplyDeleteThis makes a lot of sense! I love music and have done research that explains that music is really good for you, especially because it balances out students when it comes to their study load. Students who took music classes were able to balance out their brain activity and activate many more parts of the brain than students who didn't incorporate music into their school careers. Anyways, I think that it makes sense that the syntax area of the brain was activated because music has a structure just like language does. And sometimes we incorporate language with music through lyrics! Music is a creative subject and when we think about the words we are going to string together to make sentences for others to interpret, in a sense that is also a creative task, that has infinite possibilities. Just like music. :)
ReplyDeleteThis makes a little sense, students who took music classes were able to balance out their brain activity and activate many more parts of the brain than students who didn't incorporate music into their school. Not only will children with musical influence be smarter, be more critically inclined and free thinking
ReplyDeleteThat's very impressive. I always thought music would use different parts of the brain but I guess whether you are using language or music, it's communicating how you feel and what to express. You son and his bad sound amazing. and You're never to old to learn new things. Follow your dreams Don! =)
ReplyDeleteI have always heard that music is its own language, or that music is a universal language. Those brain scans seem to, in a way, support that. Either way, this was an interesting read.
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