The power of the Harp…

[AnotherBroken String]

I thought this was rather interesting, not necessarily new for harpists I think…It’s an excerpt from the Wall Street Journal.

[deb-l]

oh no.. does that mean playing the harp will make me fat?

LOL.

thanks for sharing there are so many wonderful benefits to playing the harp beyond pure enjoyment.

[jessica-wolff]

No, just periodically break off practice to take the dog for a walk. If you don’t have a dog, take yourself for a walk.

[Seoid OC]

No but it will help you (and your family) sleep better!

[tony-morosco]

I’m gald to see this study.

I think it isn’t a surprise to anyone invovled with music that music can have beneficial effects on people’s health.

What I have always been dismayed at, however, is the attempt by some people to make it into some kind of magical or new age mystery, and the made up explanations. One rather well known harpist invovled in the whole “healing harps” field once tried to tell me that sound, being vibration, was just a frequency on a spectrum of vibrations that included light, and spiritual energy, and that’s why music effects people’s health.

Clearly she never took a physics class.

Yes, music effects people and their health. And studies like this help show how that happens rather than making up things to make musicians (and I find this more among harpists than most other musicians unfortunately) seem like they some kind of miracle workers with magical powers of some kind.

[shelby-m]

When I went to Highland Games last summer, one of the harp performers would tell little bits of harp history between every few pieces.

[Susan TN]

My 5yo son has an auditory processing disorder.

[deb-l]

shortly after I posted a flip response to this thread, I was in a bad car accident.

[harpglo-jean]

Oh, so sorry to hear about your car accident, but so glad that you are okay!

[edith-zonneveld]

Since many years I have to deal with the results of a burnout; it effects my energy level a lot. I play harp for more than a year now and every time I play the harp I feel a bit better and it seams to give me a kind of energy. It doesn’t matter whether I play nice music or doing exercises…………Perhaps it’s not only the music itself but also the vibration of the harp on your body………(heart/head).

[deb-l]

thanks Gloria, the accident was a real eye opener not to take things for granted, every day is a gift.

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