Why is music more effective than, say, poetry?
Music builds pathways in the brain. Facts, emotions and sensations travel along those pathways and people have come out of comas, learned to talk again, etc. all on the wings of music. A study done a long time ago in St. Alphonsus Hospital in Boise, Idaho proved that brain-damaged people learn easier when the information was put in a complex rhythm and melody. A little girl named Sara had survived being under cold river water for 15 minutes but doctors feared for her learning capacity…. When asked to repeat the sentence, ‘Long, long ago on a cold winter’s morn, little Lord Jesus was born….’ she could only repeat 4 words… but when the phrase was given a complex rhythm and melody, Sara was able to sing back every syllable, note and beat!!! Singing the music forced Sara’s brain to use more pathways and connections at once…..and because they were used in tandem, all the connections were stronger. “Music filters in at an almost unconscious level and you don’t have to focus on it har
