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........Music is Medicine Exciting research suggests that the brain responds to music almost as if it were medicine. It may regulate some body functions, synchronize motor skills, stimulate the mind--even make us smarter. What Music Can Do for You Clinical studies and anecdotal evidence from music therapists suggest that the sound of music... manages pain improves mood and mobility of people. reduces the need for sedatives and pain relievers during and after surgery decreases nausea during chemotherapy helps patients participate in medical treatment that shortens hospital stays relieves anxiety lowers blood pressure eases depression enhances concentration and creativity The best part is that to take advantage of music's healing power, you don't need to take a prescription. The home remedies you need are probably already in your music collection. "Many years of research have shown me that there is no set prescription, no particular piece of music that will make everyone feel better or more relaxed. What counts is familiarity, musical taste, and the kinds of memories, feelings, and associations a piece of music brings to mind. Some people relax to classical music, others like the Moody Blues. The key is to individualize your musical selection.
Playing Guitar. The GNG music program provides it's students a constructive and creative lifetime of enjoyment. The love and understanding of music which our students acquire will be a source of pleasure and pride for life. Musical training builds self confidence. As our students gradually learn to master the guitar, he or she will gain confidence. This assurance and increased self-respect will carry over io make other tasks easier. Our student's learn cooperation. Teamwork is essential in any musical group, and our students learn to work with others. They learn responsibility to the other students in the classroom, since the success of the class depends on each student playing his or her own part well. Playing the guitar helps develop physical skills. As our students progress, they develop finger dexterity as well as the senses of touch and hearing. Learning to play the guitar is fun, entertaining and educational.
NATIONWIDE DIALOGUE HEATS UP ON THE IMPORTANCE OF MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS Carlsbad, CA. With the growing body of scientific evidence suggesting the causal link between music and intelligence, there is a parallel dialogue about the place of music in our schools and in programs of childhood development. The discussion ranges from using music as a tool to reach a greater end such as improved test scores to preserving music as a stand-alone, key component of a well-rounded education. Music is magic. Music therapists prove every single day that music is powerful medicine. And did you know that kids who study the arts, do an average of forty points higher in math and science? Yep. And that music education is superior to even computer instruction in enhancing early childhood mental capacity and spacial intelligence. Brain Comes Alive to Sound of Music - Finding offers hope for variety of cures Los Angeles Times, November 11, 1998 (Reprinted in the Sacramento Bee) The music that makes the foot tap, the fingers snap and the pulse quicken stirs the brain at is most fundamental levels, suggesting that scientists one day may be able to retun damaged minds by exploiting rhythm, harmony and melody, according to new research. Exploring the neurobiology of music, researchers discovered direct evidence that music stimulates specific regions of the brain responsible for memory, motor control, timing and language. For the first time, researchers also have located specific areas of mental activity linked to emotional responses to music. . . . .

........Music is Medicine
Exciting research suggests that the brain responds to music almost as if it were medicine. It may regulate some body functions, synchronize motor skills, stimulate the mind--even make us smarter.

What Music Can Do for You
Clinical studies and anecdotal evidence from music therapists suggest that the sound of music...

manages pain
improves mood and mobility of people.
reduces the need for sedatives and pain relievers during and after surgery
decreases nausea during chemotherapy
helps patients participate in medical treatment that shortens hospital stays
relieves anxiety
lowers blood pressure
eases depression
enhances concentration and creativity

The best part is that to take advantage of music's healing power, you don't need to take a prescription. The home remedies you need are probably already in your music collection.

"Many years of research have shown me that there is no set prescription, no particular piece of music that will make everyone feel better or more relaxed. What counts is familiarity, musical taste, and the kinds of memories, feelings, and associations a piece of music brings to mind. Some people relax to classical music, others like the Moody Blues. The key is to individualize your musical selection.

Playing Guitar.

The GNG music program provides it's students a constructive and creative lifetime of enjoyment. The love and understanding of music which our students acquire will be a source of pleasure and pride for life.

Musical training builds self confidence. As our students gradually learn to master the guitar, he or she will gain confidence. This assurance and increased self-respect will carry over io make other tasks easier.

Our student's learn cooperation. Teamwork is essential in any musical group, and our students learn to work with others. They learn responsibility to the other students in the classroom, since the success of the class depends on each student playing his or her own part well.

Playing the guitar helps develop physical skills. As our students progress, they develop finger dexterity as well as the senses of touch and hearing. Learning to play the guitar is fun, entertaining and educational.

NATIONWIDE DIALOGUE HEATS UP ON THE IMPORTANCE OF MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS

Carlsbad, CA. With the growing body of scientific evidence suggesting the causal link between music and intelligence, there is a parallel dialogue about the place of music in our schools and in programs of childhood development. The discussion ranges from using music as a tool to reach a greater end such as improved test scores to preserving music as a stand-alone, key component of a well-rounded education.

Music is magic. Music therapists prove every single day that music is powerful medicine. And did you know that kids who study the arts, do an average of forty points higher in math and science? Yep. And that music education is superior to even computer instruction in enhancing early childhood mental capacity and spacial intelligence.

Brain Comes Alive to Sound of Music - Finding offers hope for variety of cures
Los Angeles Times, November 11, 1998 (Reprinted in the Sacramento Bee)

The music that makes the foot tap, the fingers snap and the pulse quicken stirs the brain at is most fundamental levels, suggesting that scientists one day may be able to retun damaged minds by exploiting rhythm, harmony and melody, according to new research.

Exploring the neurobiology of music, researchers discovered direct evidence that music stimulates specific regions of the brain responsible for memory, motor control, timing and language. For the first time, researchers also have located specific areas of mental activity linked to emotional responses to music. . . . .

It's hard to exaggerate the effect music can have on the human brain. A mere snippet of song from the past can trigger memories as vivid as anything Proust experienced from the aroma of his petite madeleine. A tune can induce emotions ranging from unabashed joy to deep sorrow and can drive listeners into states of patriotic fervor or religious frenzy--to say nothing of its legendary ability to soothe the savage beast. Yet in spite of music's remarkable influence on the human psyche, scientists have spent little time attempting to understand why it possesses such potency.	About Guitars not Guns Music Program. Our teachers are very aware of the power of music. They know that music has the power to heal. Why a guitar? The fact that you can carry a guitar with you makes it easy to create music regardless of where you are. Our students are empowered with the understandingthat they can become someone special. Our students
Arts Students Continue to Score Higher on SAT Students of music and the other arts continue to outperform their non-arts peers on the SAT, according to reports by the College Entrance Examination Board. As a whole, in 1995, SAT-takers with coursework or experience in music performance scored 51 points higher on the verbal portion of the test, and 39 points higher on the math portion, as compared to students no coursework or experience in in the arts. Scores for those with coursework in music appreciation were 61 points higher on the verbal and 46 points higher on the math portion. And longer arts study means higher SAT scores: in 1990, those who had studied the arts four or more years scored 59 points higher on the verbal and 44 points higher on the math portion, than students with no coursework or experience in the arts.	Einstein He often said that one of the most important things in his life was music. Whenever he felt that he had come to the end of the road or into a difficult situation in his work he would take refuge in music and that would usually resolve all his difficulties.

It's hard to exaggerate the effect music can have on the human brain. A mere snippet of song from the past can trigger memories as vivid as anything Proust experienced from the aroma of his petite madeleine. A tune can induce emotions ranging from unabashed joy to deep sorrow and can drive listeners into states of patriotic fervor or religious frenzy--to say nothing of its legendary ability to soothe the savage beast. Yet in spite of music's remarkable influence on the human psyche, scientists have spent little time attempting to understand why it possesses such potency.

About Guitars not Guns Music Program.

Our teachers are very aware of the power of music. They know that music has the power to heal.

Why a guitar? The fact that you can carry a guitar with you makes it easy to create music regardless of where you are.

Our students are empowered with the understandingthat they can become someone special. Our students

Arts Students Continue to Score Higher on SAT
Students of music and the other arts continue to outperform their non-arts peers on the SAT, according to reports by the College Entrance Examination Board. As a whole, in 1995, SAT-takers with coursework or experience in music performance scored 51 points higher on the verbal portion of the test, and 39 points higher on the math portion, as compared to students no coursework or experience in in the arts. Scores for those with coursework in music appreciation were 61 points higher on the verbal and 46 points higher on the math portion. And longer arts study means higher SAT scores: in 1990, those who had studied the arts four or more years scored 59 points higher on the verbal and 44 points higher on the math portion, than students with no coursework or experience in the arts.

Einstein
He often said that one of the most important things in his life was music.

Whenever he felt that he had come to the end of the road or into a difficult situation in his work he would take refuge in music and that would usually resolve all his difficulties.