On Wednesday, I and my friends attended the workshop hosted by Professor Battista-Hancock. During the workshop, we used some instruments and our hands made many catchy rhythms. Also we together wrote a song talking about friendship. It was a very interesting experience. This workshop helped me notice the importance of integration of nature as well as how music can make a change of one’s mind. At first, we were asked to follow the beats given by professor with our hands. It is so surprising that we made the sound so harmonic. It is the first time that I met most people in workshop, however, we successfully perform the symphony together in the first trial. After that, professor gave some simple instruments for us to play with, for example
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A little melody can have the power of calming and relaxing. Nowadays, lots of musicians use electronic studio rather than real instruments to write songs. There is no doubt that these modern devices are very convenient and efficient except that the whole process of making songs are shortened. In other words, less effort is needed in creation and fewer great pieces of songs came to the world comparing to those in 80s. Maybe it is time for people to rethink the importance of the amount of involvement in product creation. Few people would contribute years to write a book. Also few people would take month to design a building. The only thing people emphasize in 21st century is efficiency. However, efficiency has two sides. Not only the speed is worth to be emphasized, but also the quality of the …show more content…
When a monk is doing the meditation, the chant hears like a song. It is believed that appropriate music are very helpful in mind concentration. Also in daily life, it would be more efficient to finish tasks when we are listening to classical music like Beethoven or Mozart. And there are studies shows that the singing of whales could help people with insomnia to fall asleep. Also performing music with instruments is a great choice for relaxation. When you are playing music outdoor, like in a forest or near a lake, you would feel closer to the nature and you mind will clear. You could feel the nature is singing with you. Next time when I feel desperate, I might go to a concert, rather than eat some unhealthy food and go to
A little melody can have the power of calming and relaxing. Nowadays, lots of musicians use electronic studio rather than real instruments to write songs. There is no doubt that these modern devices are very convenient and efficient except that the whole process of making songs are shortened. In other words, less effort is needed in creation and fewer great pieces of songs came to the world comparing to those in 80s. Maybe it is time for people to rethink the importance of the amount of involvement in product creation. Few people would contribute years to write a book. Also few people would take month to design a building. The only thing people emphasize in 21st century is efficiency. However, efficiency has two sides. Not only the speed is worth to be emphasized, but also the quality of the …show more content…
When a monk is doing the meditation, the chant hears like a song. It is believed that appropriate music are very helpful in mind concentration. Also in daily life, it would be more efficient to finish tasks when we are listening to classical music like Beethoven or Mozart. And there are studies shows that the singing of whales could help people with insomnia to fall asleep. Also performing music with instruments is a great choice for relaxation. When you are playing music outdoor, like in a forest or near a lake, you would feel closer to the nature and you mind will clear. You could feel the nature is singing with you. Next time when I feel desperate, I might go to a concert, rather than eat some unhealthy food and go to