I love to sing, I take it very seriously, in my case I believe that singing is more than a hobby, it’s a passion of mine and maybe a possible career option. I have a predisposition of singing all the time, this habit of mine left me wondering whether or not there are any positive effects of music on the brain. I’ve always heard that music was good for your brain but, to be honest I had no idea how. After researching the psychological effects of music many things were very intriguing to me. I had
This paper is my first assignment for Physiological Psychology. The first section of this paper critiques an article entitled Short-Term Music Training Enhances Verbal Intelligence and Executive Function. This section is a critique on the article written by Sylvain Moreno, Ellen Bialystok, Raluca Baraca, E. Glenn Schellenberg, Nicholas J. Cepeda and Tom Chau. For this paper I need to analyze and criticize the author’s methods, their results, whether or not this research is valuable, the strength’s
Cheyanne Kampa Chitwood Music 5 12 May 2015 Country Music Research Essay My name is Cheyanne Kampa, and I am doing my research paper on country music, and a few of my favorite artists. Country music stands for a lot of good things, and it has a lot of meaning behind it. Many country songs talk about little cute stories. The instruments that are used in country music are what gives it that atmosphere many people enjoy such as the guitar and drums. The electric guitar has evolved into
When I became a musician, I did not realize how emotionally invested I would be in the craft and want to pursue a career in the music industry. It still amazes me how even after nineteen years I still have so much more music techniques, theory, etc. to learn down the road. Being a musician has really brought the need for motivation when it has come to singing solo and in ensembles. Ever since I was a little girl around the age of five music interested me because my whole family could sing and we
known for her vigorous work with great personality, and her emotional way of singing. She was one of the famous artists with over six decades of success making her an inspiration to the Latin community as well as the rest of the world. Celia Cruz spoke English very well but she refused to sing and record in English. During many of her performances, she was well known for being able to improvise lyrics. Celia Cruz began singing in talent shows and doing recordings for radio stations, but neither was sold
realize things I never thought of. I never realized how much culture is around me and I never realized how important my own culture was to me. After having cultural I realized the importance of my own culture and how honored and proud I am of my own culture. In this paper I’m going to teach you everything I learned about cultural and information about my own culture. Our first cultural was Native Americans and I did not know what to suspect I had no knowledge of this culture. The things I have learned
Cultural Awareness of the Inuit Steven R. Oltmanns Lifespan Development and Nursing Practice Abstract Cultural awareness needs to be used when caring for the Inuit as a Nurse. The Inuit have social bonds and beliefs which are illustrated in their culture and diet. They have a diet consisting of mainly protein from land and sea. This diet along with living in freezing temperatures for thousands of years has shaped the Inuit into who they are today. Framework for the Cultural Assessment Communication
I love to make a fool of myself by singing and dancing in front of the class. Every chance I get to praise a student with a song or silly dance move I do it. Any time I can find a rhyme or song to go with a standard I always try to fit it in my plans. Not every student enjoys it or learns from it but I want to try new, more engaging ways of teaching each standard. With as much technology and screen time students have now, it is much more difficult to keep attention. Throwing in curve balls every
Through taking many dance classes at the University of Kentucky I have not only improved my dancing in a variety of styles from jazz to ballet to modern, I have also learned about the methods I prefer to learn from. Recently I learned I enjoy smooth graceful moments and to move through space slowly rather than what some would call energetic. This varies for every dancer and is just my own personal preference, there is beauty in every style. Following my readings of “How do You Learn to Dance”, “The
becomes clear that the two have one chief characteristic in common with one another: the portrayal of elderly women in the early 16th century. Though the two pieces differ largely in their mediums, sizes, and subject portrayal to an extent, further research into their iconography and the purpose of their making serves