Introduction of Music Therapy

Music therapy and sleep cycle

Sleep is a basic behavior in humans. There are some research reports on the cyclical patterns of different types of sleep and their relationship to breathing, heart rate, brain waves, and other physical function. More recently, scientific research has begun to show how music therapy interacts with relaxation and sleep cycle. This research is focusing on the following hypotheses: 1. Music could ...

Music therapy and sleep cycle

Sleep is a basic behavior in humans. There are some research reports on the cyclical patterns of different types of sleep and their relationship to breathing, heart rate, brain waves, and other physical function. More recently, scientific research has begun to show how music therapy interacts with relaxation and sleep cycle. This research is focusing on the following hypotheses: 1. Music could ...

Music and Spirituality—Introduction

Across time and geography people have known the power of music for evoking the gods and acquiring spiritual insight. Whether arising as a textless chant by a single voice or a percussive auditory event for ritual dance, music in its various modes is a virtually ubiquitous companion to religious and spiritual practices. Not only a constant accompaniment to one's spiritual trek, musical compositi...

Introduction to Music Transcription

Music transcription refers to the analysis of an acoustic musical signal so as to write down the pitch, onset time, duration, and source of each sound that occurs in it. In Western tradition, written music uses note symbols to indicate these parameters in a piece of music. Figures 1–2 show the notation of an example music signal. Omitting the details, the main conventions are that time flows fr...

Music Data Mining: An Introduction