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Tammy Slaughter
Mr. Schurtz
English 12 AP Pd. 7-8
3 March 2011
Music’s Effect on the Mind

Thesis:
There is a profound connection

between music and the brain, as well

as the mind. Music is about much
more than noise, but emotion, the
encoding of memories, and how the
brain processes information.
‘the end’
“Music is visceral, all-encompassing…

it’s about coming to
L I F E.”
- Madonna
“The End”
“tones’
“
We think of
music as an
A R T, but it is
a complex human
B E H A V I O R.
”
l i
”ke .
un d
so
S
G
N wn
I -un
kn o
L
E
E
t F
w ha
i s
si c
Mu
“
‘In Search of Waltzing Matilda’
“5-365”
stress
happiness
“Basting”
“pocket fulla sunshine”
“ Music washes away

from the soul the dust of
everyday life .
”
-Berthold Auerbach
An individual’s
R E S P O N S E
is not just a
P R O D U C T
of [the music], but of
A S S O C I A T I O N
with the M U S I C.
“Eppny”
THEMATIC APPERCEPTIO
TEST
anger, anxiety,
depression
“Lenny Kravitz” “Lupe Fiasco”
“the EFFECT
M U S I C
has on emotions depends upon the
I N D I V I D U A L
“
in M E M OR Y,
everything
seems to happen
to M U S I C.
-Tennessee Williams
“bright memories”
stored as AUDITORY
units
musical MEMORY
“Girl Playing Violin”
“EXPERIENCE
The ability to
and react to
music is deeply
embedded
[in the] nervous
system .
”
“Beata Zeta”
“
Music is the shorthand of emotion.
-Tolstoy
“Clave de sol”
to “
M U S I C is the A R T which is most nigh
T E A R S and M E M O R Y -Oscar Wilde
“bring your music”
a behavioral memory
E X P E R I M E N T
“Handwriting”
The encoding phase

“glass, water, light, and sheet music”
The recognition phase

“Musical pieces rated as
very positive were

recognized
significantly better than those
rated as
less positive.
”
the
“Math meeting board and lesson”
C L A S S R O O M
“
Music is N O T H I N G but
unconscious A R I T H M E T I C .
”
“reading is fun”
“Music education
facilitates
the ability
to read .
”
three stages:
three stages:
visual recognition
three stages:
visual recognition
phonemic stage
three stages:
visual recognition
phonemic stage
complete visual
recognition
phonemic stage
Music facilitates reading
by improving the
phonemic stage
“focus”
phonics
phonics pitch awareness
phonemic awareness
phonics pitch awareness

“ high degree of
correlation
between how well
read
children could
and how well they could
discriminate pitch
“I want to live”
”
“Music is love”
The M OZ A R T effect
“Music is love”
“Oh my god I look cute!!”
IQ scores
were 8 - 9 points
HIGHER after
listening to the
music .
results, however,
“Focused”
15:00 minutes
were T E M P O R A R Y
music
and
learning
“Background music
may in fact be
helpful in the
learning
process .
”
“The joys of homework”
“A large number of
children’s
educational
[television] programs
make extensive
use of music.
”
Main Points:
Main Points:
attention to the screen

Main Points:
appeal of the segment

Main Points:
appeal of the segment
interest in the segment

“home work routine”
“
The most-oft
reporte
combination
was the use of
audio media
with
paper and pencil
assignments
”
“Final Exam”
background MUSIC in the CLASSROOM

on - task performance
“Taking Notes”
“Voyage to the Sun”
Easy listening music was

played in the background for
15
sessions
“ significant increase
in OTP for the class
as a whole
”
“ Sometimes you’ll want to
GIVE UP
guitar, but
STICK WITH IT,

you’ll be
REWARDED.
“Jimi Hendrix’
The Basics:
“fender”
The Basics:
fret
The Basics:
fret
chord
The Basics:
fret
chord
strumming
“136-365” “Fret”
The Basics:
fret
chord
strumming
plucking
“Playing guitar”
“fret”
TUNING
“Guitarscape”
cks
blo
oa d
R
to cess
su c
“guitarists spend half
their time tuning,
and the other half
playing
out of tune. ”
“Seagulls S6 Tuners”
There are
different
ways to tune a a
guitar.
“ One must make
of one’s fingers
well
drilled
soldiers
-Fernando Sor .
I found I was
genetically
preDISPOSED
to being a
bad guitar player…
“decisions”
“wrath”
September 30th
“lose and find”
My
Christmas
Present
“Fender Acoustic Guitar”

Not a good
combination.
e
enc
f id
con
nd Myself”
“Waiting in line (Not ON line)”
patience
love your guitar
“Let her Play”
CHORDS
“ Sometimes you
stumble
across a few
chords that
put you in a
reflective
place.
”
-David Bowie
“Guitar Love”
This is how
bar
chords
make me
feel.
“Angry little girl”
“
I just go where the guitar
takes me.
“28 De Maio”
” -Angus Young
S T R U M M I N G
patterns
“Guitar Playing Hands”
Put your iPod on
“My way out”
R E P E A T
“guitar”
I let TECHNOLOGY
do the work
for me.
Thank goodness for
chord charts
“and in this moment I am
happy”
it’s INTUITIVE…
“ It
all has to come from
inside though , I gues ”
-Jimi Hendrix
“Jimi”
“Sentimental Mood”
the guitar
is a three -
dimensional
“10 June”
All you
need to
do is
listen.
…and
practice…A
LOT.
“play”
“singer
You can be a
and you can be a

guitar
player ,
but putting them
together is anoth
animal .
”
-Gavin Degraw
It’s like
trying to
pat your
headand rub
your belly
at the same
time…
“Does not work”

F I N E
Learning guitar is all about the
T U N I N G
“a new song”
I’m no better at math 
“Sad Bokah Friday”
“sing a song to set the sun”
“Ah,music!
A MAGIC
beyond all
we do here.
-JK Rowling
”
“ My guitar is
N O T a thing,
it is an
E X T E N S I O N
of M Y S E L F.
“Joan Jett”
-Joan Jett
”
How can
I play
that on
the
guitar
?
“
I want E V E R Y
girl in
W O R L D
to pick up a guitar
and start
SCREAMING.
“girls who play guitars”

”
-Courtney Love
“Couple” “Crazy!”
“Without
MUSIC
life would be a
M I S T A K E .
-Nietzsche
I’m learning to
FLY,
but I ain’t got wings.
-Tom Petty
“Colours”
“If you’ve got a guitar, and a
lot of soul,
just bang something out and mean
it. You’re the
superstar.
”
-Krist Novoselic
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Tammy Slaughter

Music’s Effect on the Mind

between music and the brain, as well

“Music is visceral, all-encompassing…

“ Music washes away

The encoding phase

The recognition phase

very positive were

phonics pitch awareness

attention to the screen

attention to the screen

appeal of the segment

attention to the screen

appeal of the segment

interest in the segment

background MUSIC in the CLASSROOM

Easy listening music was

STICK WITH IT,

“Fender Acoustic Guitar”

and you can be a

“Does not work”

“girls who play guitars”

Web. 01 Mar. 2011. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/55538343@N00/1671699914>.

Web. 01 Mar. 2011. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/55538343@N00/1671699914>.

Web. 01 Mar. 2011. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/25062265@N06/5110434207>.

2011. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/14318462@N00/6248826>. Lloyd, Harold. Sad Bokeh Friday. Digital

- Photo Sharing. 4 May 2010. Web. 01 Mar. 2011.

Mar. 2011. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/33537150@N06/4476754144>.

-Photo Sharing. 17 Sept. 2005. Web. 27 Feb. 2011.

Oct. 2007. Web. 01 Mar. 2011. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/55538343@N00/1671699914>.

Mar. 2011. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/57917705@N00/88699234>.

Fall 1994. Web. 9 Nov. 2010.

Oxford University Press.

NetLibrary. Web. 16 Feb. 2011.

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