Hello, friends, and
welcome to Camp Meeting 2007
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here in Thompsonville, Illinois
at the 3ABN Worship Center.
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We have been blessed day by day,
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in the morning
and in the evening.
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Can you all say amen to that?
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And this
afternoon seminar promises
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to bring a wonderful blessing
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in the area of
this music seminar.
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And the presenter is going to be
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Jennifer LaMountain,
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who I believe is well qualified
for a number of reasons.
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One, she has
been in music ministry
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for more than 10 years now.
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She is a music educator
at the high school level.
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She has been a music director
for a community art center,
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but she also has
a master's degree
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in music
education, music research
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and child development
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as it relates to
the issue of music.
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But even more than
all of those credentials,
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she's one who loves the
Lord and continues ministering
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about the grace and
power of Jesus Christ
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through the method of music.
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Let us make her welcome
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with a hearty
amen this afternoon.
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Amen.
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Thank you.
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That was very kind of John.
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I'm gonna start
out by singing for you,
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that only seems right, okay?
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And you know
this song very well,
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you're welcomed
to sing it with me.
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Why should I feel
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discouraged
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And why should the shadows
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come
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Why should my heart
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be lonely
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And long for heaven
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and home
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When Jesus
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is my portion
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My constant friend
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is He
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His eye
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is on the sparrow
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And I know
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He watches me
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For His eye is on
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the sparrow
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And I know
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He watches me
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And I sing
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because I'm happy
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Yes I sing
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because I'm free
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For His eye
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is on the sparrow
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And I know He watches me
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Let not your heart
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be troubled
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His tender words
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I hear
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And resting
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on His goodness
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I lose my doubts
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and fears
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I draw Him closer to me
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From care He sets me
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free
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His eye
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is on the sparrow
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And I know
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He watches me
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For His eye
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is on the sparrow
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And I know
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He watches me
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And I sing
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because I'm happy
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Yes I sing
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because I'm free
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For His eye
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is on the sparrow
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And I know
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He watches me
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For His eye
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is on the sparrow
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And I know
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He watches me
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Sung that song
for a lot of years,
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and it's been
around a long time.
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There's a reason
why they hang around,
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isn't there?
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But that's why I
sing, I sing because
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Christ has made me free.
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I sing because
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that's what I've
spent my whole life doing.
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I can't think of a time
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that singing
wasn't a part of my life
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or music was not
a part of my life.
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And I know that's
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because of my
parents and their influence.
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But I also believe that's
just the way God designed me
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to understand my world.
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I'd go out in the
woods and sing to myself
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and sing to the birds,
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and my mother still laughs at me
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going out and talking
and singing to the tulips
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to make them grow.
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I think she did that
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so that I'd stay
out of the house.
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But anyway, I
enjoyed it, I guess.
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I did, I sang to the cows
and everything that came by,
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but I grew up because my
father loved music so much
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and my mother as well,
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but my father was the one
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who really appreciated
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so many
different styles of music
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and exposed us to so many things
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and I know in course
he's gonna watch this
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at some point I'm
sure, but I know he wishes
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that I would have
been better at bluegrass
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and I never picked up on
that poor thing, poor dad.
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I'm sorry, dad, you know.
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But why, why is music
so important to all of us,
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whether you're singing
professionally as I do,
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or whether
you're just playing it
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on your radio in your car,
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or playing an instrument,
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however, music is
a part of your life
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and even if it's
just when you go to church
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and sing with the choir
or sing in the congregation,
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why is music so important to us?
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And what does music do in
our lives to create quality?
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And this is I think...
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These are
questions that I believe
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we will continue to
research and try to understand,
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as long as we're on this earth,
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because music is
absolutely incredible.
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There are so many
things that we don't understand
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that we believe happen
when we're listening to music
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or creating music but only until
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even just the last
decade, there were not ways
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that we could research
that, monitor that or qualify it
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or quantify it
in very scientific
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or reasonable ways.
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And it's exciting
to me that technology
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is starting to catch up
with what we've believed
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was happening with music
and it's actually showing us
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these things are true.
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And, of course, that's
what the musical mind is about,
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I try to get my
hands on research
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as much as I can
and just give you
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little nuggets to
keep reminding you
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how important
music can be in your life
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and the things that
it can do to help improve
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whatever it is you need
to improve in your life.
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Now, that's not to say
that music's an end of itself,
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or it can do everything
we think it might can do,
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but we're going to
keep looking and see,
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because I have seen
and read so many instances
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of people who are
recovering from major things
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such as strokes
and other illnesses,
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because of music's influence,
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babies who go
from the brink of death
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to life because of a song.
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So there's many
reasons why I think
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music is
affecting us in many ways,
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but we have yet to
know all those reasons.
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And it's such a
vast amount of knowledge,
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I didn't even know
where to start for a seminar
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like this with you and
so what I had to do is,
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ask me some questions,
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and there were a few
of you that filled out
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some little cards and
asked specific questions
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on aspects maybe in your life,
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you're trying to figure
out how music can help you.
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And so I thought I
would start by answering those
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and if we get
through all of those,
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we'll move on to
a few other things
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and hopefully, I'll
touch on some topics
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that matter in your life in ways
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that you can find to
use music in a better way,
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or a way that you
can simply understand
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how music can
be a wonderful tool
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for you in your daily life.
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It might even help
you clean the house
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or something
like that, you know,
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hey, if it'll help
do that, I'm there.
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But okay, so I'm just
going to jump into this.
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Here's the first one.
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What's a good age for a
child to start piano lessons,
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and how long or
frequent should practices be?
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Oh, somebody's
laughing already on that one.
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Yeah, well, a good age
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for a child to
start piano there is,
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I'd say probably
the most common answer
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to that is age 6 to 10,
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is probably what
most people will say.
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Those who are
promoters of the Suzuki method,
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and if you're not
familiar with that method,
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just do a real quick
search or ask a few questions
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from a music person
and they will fill you
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and I won't take time here.
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But Suzuki method is by rote.
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It's a young child
learning to do a musical skill
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by watching an adult
or their parent, ideally.
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And Suzuki
method usually will say
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even three or four
is a good time to start.
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And so if you're going to
start your child in piano,
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and you feel
that their personality
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and their interest is
there to begin starting music,
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you can start them as
early as three and four,
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if you start them in
a Suzuki type program.
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If you're starting
in a more traditional
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piano instruction method,
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I would go for five
or six as the earliest.
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And for those of
you that are wondering
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how late you can
start piano lessons,
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you can start anytime
in your life, honestly.
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And you should, you
know, there's a lot of research
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out there on senior
citizens who began taking piano
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even after some major illnesses
or some major difficulties
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with hand movement.
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Oh, my, and piano has been
a wonderful thing for them.
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It's been a great way for
them to express themselves
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and to gain
dexterity, and to simply enjoy
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yet another new hobby.
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So don't be
afraid to start it later.
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If you didn't
start when you're five,
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it's still okay.
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All right, you can start.
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Now as far as when to practice?
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I took violin, that was probably
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my main instrument growing up,
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and I did take the
Suzuki method with violin,
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and I had a
teacher who would quote
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the master Suzuki to me
and his most famous quote is,
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you only need to practice
on the days that you eat.
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So there you go,
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there's your
answer for that one.
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All right.
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Let's see.
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Okay, now are you
game to do a little bit,
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this is more of a
classroom environment for me,
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and you're okay with
us doing that, right?
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You know, camera might
end up on you, is that okay?
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Because I would just assume
they take the cameras off me
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at this point right now.
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And I'm not sure I'm
going to be able to show you
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everything as well
with this baby kicking me.
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But we're going to try it,
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I'm going to give
you some examples here.
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How old is too old to take
vocal lessons is the question.
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I love to sing, but
was told by a musician
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I had a raw talent,
is that bad or good?
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I don't know.
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Let me hear you
sing and we'll find out.
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No, raw talent
usually, I would assume that
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that's a
description of saying that
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there you have a
talent within you,
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that just with a little training
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would focus
itself and you would have
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even greater
communication ability.
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And another question
that came in along that line,
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you know, how old is too
old to take voice lessons?
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And oh, no, I
guess that's separate,
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how to improve your
normal speaking voice?
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Let's deal with
how old is too old
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to take vocal lessons?
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You know, I've taught...
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The bulk of my teaching
was high school students
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but there were also
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when I was at the
Community Arts Center,
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I oversaw everything from pre K,
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kindergarten grades, up through
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I think the oldest student
I had in voice was mid 70s,
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probably.
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I don't think that
there ever is a time
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that you're too
old to have lessons
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because it will help
stabilize the mechanism,
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the purpose that might
be an issue to have at hand
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and to be
concerned with a little bit.
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If you're thinking at 60
that you want to go into opera,
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you're beyond the prime,
that's just a fact, okay,
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and now you laugh a little bit,
but now if you're in your 50s,
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you might not be.
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There're actually
some muscular things
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that happen as we age,
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and some things
actually improve with age,
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the voice is one of them.
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So don't be afraid if you're
70 to take up voice lessons,
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but I would
consider why you're doing it.
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I would do it to help improve
your communication skill,
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maybe to sing
some songs for church
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but you don't want
to overtax yourself.
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Your voice just simply
does not have the flexibility
00:16:22.74\00:16:25.65
it did when you were younger.
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And as far as a raw
talent, get with an instructor,
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I still see an
instructor every now and then.
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And the reason being
every single stage of my life,
00:16:33.79\00:16:36.83
my voice is different,
you know, every new thing,
00:16:36.86\00:16:40.10
even the weather
changes your voice.
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So, you know, it's
nice to have somebody
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that you pay to tell
you when you sound bad,
00:16:43.40\00:16:46.57
and how to change that.
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All right, you don't just
want anybody on the street
00:16:48.54\00:16:50.81
telling you how you sing but...
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And then kind of related
with the whole vocal thing
00:16:52.61\00:16:55.54
is how to improve
your normal speaking voice
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and be able to sing better?
00:16:58.48\00:17:00.38
Basically, they're asking
how can you use your diaphragm?
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And that is a key thing.
00:17:05.72\00:17:07.16
You know what I'm talking about
with the diaphragm, don't you?
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Singing does not happen here.
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Singing happens in
the motor down here
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and in the
resonator up here, okay?
00:17:16.70\00:17:18.97
Your vocal cords are like a reed
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on a clarinet or on an oboe.
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So what you're trying to do
00:17:24.01\00:17:25.44
when you're trying to
get a better speaking voice
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or better singing
voice is you're actually
00:17:27.41\00:17:29.58
trying to take the
pressure off larynx
00:17:29.61\00:17:32.25
and you're trying to
find the natural resonation
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in your head
00:17:34.95\00:17:36.28
that is the most
beautiful for you.
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And the best singers
in the world, just so,
00:17:38.59\00:17:41.36
you know, they have
more holes in their head
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than anybody else,
00:17:43.26\00:17:44.73
okay, that's true, it's
just a physiological fact.
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You've heard people say
chest voice and head voice,
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well, these are the
places where we resonate.
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And the real key
even if you take a breath
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completely properly,
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if you're not placing the sound
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in the right area
in the right holes
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that are in your body,
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the air is just
going to be wasted
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and that's true with speaking.
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I actually am
having a harder time
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speaking to you than
I do singing right now,
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because of the
lack of the ability
00:18:15.09\00:18:16.62
to push my
diaphragm further down
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at this particular time,
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somehow, I'm not
using my support system
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quite as well when I talk.
00:18:23.00\00:18:24.93
So I'm sitting here gasping
for air as you're noticing.
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When I'm
singing, for some reason,
00:18:28.94\00:18:30.57
I've done that so much
more and I'm so well trained
00:18:30.61\00:18:34.01
into knowing what
I have to incorporate
00:18:34.04\00:18:35.98
and how to focus
the tone wants...
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So I'm not getting any more air
00:18:38.61\00:18:40.08
when I'm singing than
I am when I'm talking,
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I just have learned
better how to resonate it
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in certain places, so
it'll last longer for me.
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And why don't I do that?
00:18:47.76\00:18:49.96
The person who's asking
about how to speak better
00:18:49.99\00:18:53.70
for the person
who's asking about,
00:18:53.73\00:18:56.23
you know, how old
is too old to sing,
00:18:56.26\00:18:57.70
let's just do a little
bit of singing together.
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So that you get a
sense of how you can improve
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your own voice in a safe way,
00:19:01.97\00:19:03.47
I'm only going to
give you a few things
00:19:03.51\00:19:04.84
because you really
need somebody to monitor you
00:19:04.87\00:19:07.74
to do most of the
exercise just to make sure
00:19:07.78\00:19:10.31
you don't hurt anything.
00:19:10.35\00:19:11.68
And if you do anything
that hurts, what do you do?
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Ha-ha, stop.
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There you go, that's exactly it.
00:19:16.58\00:19:18.35
All right, let me
see if I can show you
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a few things
over here at the piano
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on basic ways to resonate, okay?
00:19:22.52\00:19:28.36
And that's your
typical little scale
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and why don't we just
do some humming for me?
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Now everybody has
to do this in the room.
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You ready? Here we
go. Three and breath.
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Now I hear some of you.
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Here's my question for you.
00:19:48.82\00:19:50.15
When you are humming,
where did you feel it?
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People point to your face.
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Did you feel it in your lips?
00:19:58.06\00:19:59.73
Okay, good.
00:19:59.76\00:20:01.10
That's where I
really want you feel it.
00:20:01.13\00:20:02.46
It's your lips and your nose.
00:20:02.50\00:20:03.90
The particular
range I was doing,
00:20:03.93\00:20:05.40
this should be
the main resonation.
00:20:05.43\00:20:07.37
Now I want you to do it again,
00:20:07.40\00:20:08.74
we're going to
do the same thing.
00:20:08.77\00:20:10.74
I want you to hum so
loudly and so focused here
00:20:10.77\00:20:15.04
that you feel like your lips
00:20:15.08\00:20:16.54
are going to buzz
off your face, okay?
00:20:16.58\00:20:18.28
I really want
it to tickle, okay?
00:20:18.31\00:20:20.12
All right, here we go.
00:20:20.15\00:20:21.48
Oh, you sound so much better.
00:20:25.02\00:20:27.32
I wish the whole world
could hear you right now,
00:20:27.36\00:20:29.49
you sound great, here we go.
00:20:29.52\00:20:32.99
Do you feel it?
00:20:33.03\00:20:34.36
Do you feel the sound
going to a point here?
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That is just a
mid range resonation
00:20:36.43\00:20:39.60
and you're
doing wonderful things
00:20:39.63\00:20:40.97
by taking all the stress away
00:20:41.00\00:20:42.60
from your throat
which is perfect.
00:20:42.64\00:20:44.71
Ready, here we go again.
00:20:44.74\00:20:46.07
Keep it going.
00:20:50.78\00:20:54.12
Very good.
00:20:54.15\00:20:55.48
Another way that we get
people to relax in this area
00:20:55.52\00:20:59.35
and to focus tone is by buzzing
00:20:59.39\00:21:02.06
and I don't do
it very well unless
00:21:02.09\00:21:03.49
I'm very relaxed but it's...
00:21:03.53\00:21:08.16
It's lovely, isn't it?
00:21:08.20\00:21:09.56
I hope you didn't
have a close shot on that.
00:21:09.60\00:21:14.14
It's very
powerful and for speakers
00:21:14.17\00:21:16.91
that would probably be one
of the better tools to use.
00:21:16.94\00:21:20.48
Use just a
pentatonic, the five note scale,
00:21:20.51\00:21:22.38
dada dada dum and buzz it.
00:21:22.41\00:21:24.61
It looks terrible, doesn't it?
00:21:28.45\00:21:30.85
I should be so embarrassed,
00:21:30.89\00:21:32.22
but it does
work, it works wonders.
00:21:32.25\00:21:35.69
And there are a few other things
00:21:35.72\00:21:37.49
that you can do to help
activate the soft palate.
00:21:37.53\00:21:41.66
Take your tongue
and I want you to run it
00:21:41.70\00:21:44.10
along the roof of your mouth
until you hit the soft place.
00:21:44.13\00:21:47.90
That's your soft
palate, that is your window
00:21:47.94\00:21:50.94
to all the holes up
here, in your sinus,
00:21:50.97\00:21:53.04
cavity and in your head.
00:21:53.07\00:21:55.38
And one of the best ways
for you to be able to sing
00:21:55.41\00:21:58.68
in your upper part of your range
00:21:58.71\00:22:00.35
is to get the
resonation going here.
00:22:00.38\00:22:02.52
And we have to
lift that soft palate.
00:22:02.55\00:22:05.29
I've had different instructors
who use different things
00:22:05.32\00:22:07.82
with me and I've
read different books
00:22:07.86\00:22:12.13
that tell us
different things that work.
00:22:12.16\00:22:14.03
K is very helpful.
00:22:14.06\00:22:16.87
The K, you feel it,
00:22:16.90\00:22:18.23
it hits your soft palate, right?
00:22:18.27\00:22:19.83
So you can do
that same little scale.
00:22:19.87\00:22:23.07
Ki ki ki ki ki.
00:22:23.10\00:22:25.37
Ki ki ki ki ki.
00:22:25.41\00:22:27.28
Ki ki ki ki ki.
00:22:27.31\00:22:28.74
It'll start forcing the tone
up in here a little bit for you.
00:22:28.78\00:22:32.41
So that's a wonderful
way to resonate there.
00:22:32.45\00:22:36.85
And I think that's
about all I should give you
00:22:36.89\00:22:38.55
on those realms,
those are some key things
00:22:38.59\00:22:40.62
that will help you,
00:22:40.66\00:22:41.99
and so if you're
trying to warm up
00:22:42.02\00:22:43.36
for the choir
you're singing with
00:22:43.39\00:22:44.73
or if you just want to warm up
00:22:44.76\00:22:46.09
your voice for a
long day of talking.
00:22:46.13\00:22:49.63
If you're having to do
a lecture like this one,
00:22:49.66\00:22:51.93
or other things like that,
warm up your voice a little bit
00:22:51.97\00:22:54.40
so that it's finding the
places to resonate for you.
00:22:54.44\00:22:58.44
And for good
speaking and good singing,
00:22:58.47\00:23:01.31
I'm actually going back
00:23:01.34\00:23:02.68
to the very
first building block,
00:23:02.71\00:23:04.05
now I'm going
backwards with this lesson.
00:23:04.08\00:23:06.85
You can't resonate properly,
you can't get a good tone,
00:23:06.88\00:23:11.05
you can't hold it
for any length of time,
00:23:11.09\00:23:13.36
if you haven't at
first got the motor running.
00:23:13.39\00:23:16.99
And that is the
function of a good breath.
00:23:17.03\00:23:20.93
Most of us don't know
how to breathe anymore,
00:23:20.96\00:23:22.73
I hate to tell you that.
00:23:22.76\00:23:24.30
We sit too often in our chairs,
00:23:24.33\00:23:26.30
we cross our
legs, we slump, we...
00:23:26.33\00:23:29.54
whatever and we
just have bad habits.
00:23:29.57\00:23:31.54
If you'll watch a baby sleep,
00:23:31.57\00:23:34.04
you're going to
see perfect breathing
00:23:34.08\00:23:36.21
at work, all right?
00:23:36.24\00:23:37.58
And some of you
are nodding your head,
00:23:37.61\00:23:38.95
you know exactly what it is.
00:23:38.98\00:23:40.32
How do we retrain
ourselves to breathe properly?
00:23:40.35\00:23:43.62
This is the easiest way
I can describe it to you
00:23:43.65\00:23:45.99
and I'm not going
to show it to you.
00:23:46.02\00:23:51.19
So you're gonna
have to follow me here.
00:23:51.23\00:23:52.56
You lie down on the
floor and when you lie down,
00:23:52.59\00:23:55.76
you're totally flat.
00:23:55.80\00:23:57.33
If you put your
hands behind your back
00:23:57.37\00:23:59.93
you're going to feel the arch.
00:23:59.97\00:24:01.30
You remember in gym class
00:24:01.34\00:24:02.67
when we had to
stand up against the wall
00:24:02.70\00:24:04.04
and we had that
arch in our back.
00:24:04.07\00:24:06.68
You don't sing that way,
and you actually don't breathe
00:24:06.71\00:24:09.41
most properly that way.
00:24:09.44\00:24:11.28
You've actually
strain, you're not straining,
00:24:11.31\00:24:13.18
but you're
pulling certain muscles
00:24:13.21\00:24:14.75
or the intercostal muscles
here that need to be relaxed
00:24:14.78\00:24:18.45
when you take a breath.
00:24:18.49\00:24:19.82
So what you do is
you pull your knees up,
00:24:19.85\00:24:22.36
so you're lying on the floor,
and you just pull your feet
00:24:22.39\00:24:24.99
so the feet are flat
and your knees are up,
00:24:25.03\00:24:27.20
makes sense?
00:24:27.23\00:24:28.56
You know what I'm
describing here, right?
00:24:28.60\00:24:30.30
You'll notice that your back
goes flat against the floor.
00:24:30.33\00:24:36.20
Now you're in
the perfect position.
00:24:36.24\00:24:38.61
Secondly, take a big heavy book,
00:24:38.64\00:24:41.31
like an encyclopedia
00:24:41.34\00:24:43.08
and put it on
your lower abdomen.
00:24:43.11\00:24:46.58
The reason I...
00:24:46.61\00:24:47.95
It's just a great visual,
you don't need this book,
00:24:47.98\00:24:49.55
but it's a great
visual for you, okay?
00:24:49.58\00:24:51.45
It's not the
trick to great breathing
00:24:51.49\00:24:52.95
but it is in one aspect.
00:24:52.99\00:24:55.36
When you start,
start the whole exercise
00:24:55.39\00:24:58.99
by blowing out all the air.
00:24:59.03\00:25:01.36
All right, and why
don't we do it together,
00:25:01.40\00:25:02.80
this will be lovely for camera.
00:25:02.83\00:25:04.40
Let's hiss, just hiss it out.
00:25:04.43\00:25:07.87
And keep hissing
till all the air's out,
00:25:07.90\00:25:09.67
force it out fast, fast,
fast, fast, fast, fast, fast.
00:25:09.70\00:25:12.04
You feel your
stomach pulling in?
00:25:12.07\00:25:14.24
If you're on the floor,
you can breathe normally now,
00:25:14.28\00:25:16.64
it's all right, good job.
00:25:16.68\00:25:18.58
When you hiss out all the air,
00:25:18.61\00:25:20.52
your stomach
will actually go down
00:25:20.55\00:25:24.35
because you've had
to push up the diaphragm
00:25:24.39\00:25:26.92
to get the air out.
00:25:26.96\00:25:28.89
You hold your
breath just for a minute.
00:25:28.92\00:25:30.79
Don't breathe
00:25:30.83\00:25:32.16
after you've
hissed everything out,
00:25:32.19\00:25:34.03
then you relax your lower body.
00:25:34.06\00:25:36.77
And what should happen is
the book should rise first
00:25:36.80\00:25:39.43
as you take the breath in, okay?
00:25:39.47\00:25:41.60
Now I want you to sit up
fairly straight in your seat,
00:25:41.64\00:25:43.61
you're going to
have to do this sitting.
00:25:43.64\00:25:45.84
Try to make sure that
your hips are in an angle
00:25:45.87\00:25:48.28
so that there isn't a
big arch in your back.
00:25:48.31\00:25:51.01
And we're going to hiss
out air as fast as we can,
00:25:51.05\00:25:53.52
and you're going to hold
it just for a second or two.
00:25:53.55\00:25:55.98
And then you're going to relax
00:25:56.02\00:25:57.35
and I want you to put your hands
00:25:57.39\00:25:58.72
right here on
your sides if you can.
00:25:58.75\00:26:00.72
If you're beside
somebody it's hard to do that,
00:26:00.76\00:26:03.63
you can put your
hand right here, okay?
00:26:03.66\00:26:07.23
Blow out all your air.
00:26:07.26\00:26:10.17
Get rid of it fast,
fast, fast, get rid of it all.
00:26:10.20\00:26:14.04
Okay, is your chest caved
in, are you dying for breath?
00:26:14.07\00:26:17.21
You dying for breath, almost?
00:26:17.24\00:26:19.54
Now just relax, take in the air.
00:26:19.57\00:26:22.71
Was the first thing
that expanded, your waist,
00:26:22.74\00:26:26.48
your abdomen, not
your shoulders going up
00:26:26.51\00:26:29.35
or not your chest, right?
00:26:29.38\00:26:31.89
They do expand some
00:26:31.92\00:26:33.52
but if they are the
first thing to expand,
00:26:33.56\00:26:35.92
you don't have it yet, okay?
00:26:35.96\00:26:37.79
So try the book,
lie on the floor,
00:26:37.83\00:26:40.00
pull your knees
up, put that book there
00:26:40.03\00:26:41.80
and you should
see it going up first
00:26:41.83\00:26:46.10
when you take the
breath, and then you might get
00:26:46.13\00:26:48.27
the sense that your shoulders
or your upper chest expand.
00:26:48.30\00:26:50.81
But that's the proper breathing.
00:26:50.84\00:26:53.14
Now you're ready to sing, okay?
00:26:53.17\00:26:55.68
It's that simple.
00:26:55.71\00:26:57.05
But let me share
one thing from the Bible
00:26:57.08\00:26:58.88
that I just think
is absolutely amazing.
00:26:58.91\00:27:01.25
It's actually a list of things.
00:27:01.28\00:27:03.59
When it comes
to Biblical worship
00:27:03.62\00:27:05.05
and how music is incorporated
00:27:05.09\00:27:07.32
there are a variety
00:27:07.36\00:27:08.69
of instruments
listed in the Bible.
00:27:08.72\00:27:10.19
As many as they had back then,
they're pretty much listed.
00:27:10.23\00:27:14.06
There's a variety
of volumes and sounds,
00:27:14.10\00:27:16.13
there is loud, loud,
like the sound of many waters,
00:27:16.16\00:27:20.60
like the sound of
thunder, make a joyful noise.
00:27:20.64\00:27:25.07
There are soft aspects too
00:27:25.11\00:27:27.64
that are mentioned in the Bible,
00:27:27.68\00:27:29.01
variety of worshipers.
00:27:29.04\00:27:30.75
There's all sorts of people,
00:27:30.78\00:27:33.08
there were the
appointed singers and musicians,
00:27:33.11\00:27:35.92
other skillful
instructors, duets,
00:27:35.95\00:27:39.42
all the people of the land sang,
00:27:39.45\00:27:41.99
everything that
hath breath sang.
00:27:42.02\00:27:45.86
The manor, there was
leaping, there was clapping,
00:27:45.89\00:27:49.70
there was a lifting of hands,
there was guarded spontaneity,
00:27:49.73\00:27:55.20
there was all
the people involved,
00:27:55.24\00:27:57.87
there was times
it was just directed
00:27:57.91\00:27:59.27
by the leaders.
00:27:59.31\00:28:01.84
You know, there was a
time when a woman's voice
00:28:01.88\00:28:03.65
wasn't allowed in
church because it was believed
00:28:03.68\00:28:05.81
that only the leader should sing
00:28:05.85\00:28:07.58
and that should always
be a man, it's interesting.
00:28:07.62\00:28:10.82
The Bible really
wasn't very clear,
00:28:10.85\00:28:12.39
but it seems to
cover so many things.
00:28:12.42\00:28:16.49
Variety of location
for worship was everywhere.
00:28:16.52\00:28:20.20
The focus was directed
outwardly to the nations,
00:28:20.23\00:28:23.06
directed to each
other, directed to the leader
00:28:23.10\00:28:25.80
or the king, directed
to earth, directed to God.
00:28:25.83\00:28:31.64
The content,
everything from teaching,
00:28:31.67\00:28:35.08
the reflections on
truth, prayer, petition,
00:28:35.11\00:28:38.11
praise, personal testimony,
00:28:38.15\00:28:41.32
profession of
personal uprightness
00:28:41.35\00:28:43.05
and using repetition,
variety of occasions,
00:28:43.08\00:28:47.96
dedication of a wall,
marching before an army.
00:28:47.99\00:28:52.96
Are you getting the point?
00:28:52.99\00:28:55.20
The Bible just, it
doesn't say anything specific,
00:28:55.23\00:28:57.67
but it sure gave
us a lot of examples
00:28:57.70\00:28:59.27
of a lot of different situations
00:28:59.30\00:29:01.54
in all seasons and all
ways praise your Maker,
00:29:01.57\00:29:03.54
Redeemer and Friend.
00:29:03.57\00:29:06.47
All right.
00:29:06.51\00:29:09.01
Let's move on, next question.
00:29:09.04\00:29:11.98
I have a question on
vocal changes in adulthood.
00:29:12.01\00:29:15.95
Especially for women,
once you have a high voice,
00:29:19.42\00:29:21.56
will you always keep it?
00:29:21.59\00:29:24.13
Does your voice change with age?
00:29:24.16\00:29:25.63
And yes, it does.
00:29:25.66\00:29:28.76
I did a little looking
up so I can be very specific
00:29:28.80\00:29:31.33
for you in this
regard, but the human voice
00:29:31.37\00:29:33.60
always undergoes changes.
00:29:33.64\00:29:35.90
From the time
we're born until the time
00:29:35.94\00:29:37.84
that we die
it's degrading partly
00:29:37.87\00:29:42.08
because our body is.
00:29:42.11\00:29:44.78
But various things
can happen like men,
00:29:44.81\00:29:49.02
as you age and you
get closer to 70 or 80
00:29:49.05\00:29:52.52
quite often they see
that the voice reverts back
00:29:52.55\00:29:54.79
to the higher voice
you had before puberty,
00:29:54.82\00:29:57.63
isn't that interesting?
00:29:57.66\00:29:58.99
Part of that is
because of the atrophy
00:29:59.03\00:30:00.90
that occurs, the larynx ossifies
00:30:00.93\00:30:03.70
or hardens a little bit.
00:30:03.73\00:30:07.44
I mentioned before
that 50 isn't too late
00:30:07.47\00:30:10.64
to be singing opera actually,
unlike a trained athlete,
00:30:10.67\00:30:14.44
that hits their
prime in their 20s,
00:30:14.48\00:30:16.98
a trained musician hits
their prime in their 30s,
00:30:17.01\00:30:19.55
40s and sometimes
into their 50s, okay.
00:30:19.58\00:30:22.92
Part of that is
because the aging process
00:30:22.95\00:30:25.19
of the voice actually allows
00:30:25.22\00:30:27.16
some relaxation to occur
00:30:27.19\00:30:29.79
and so the vibrations
become warmer, richer, fuller,
00:30:29.82\00:30:33.53
and we have a little more
control of them for a while.
00:30:33.56\00:30:36.36
So yes, things do change,
00:30:36.40\00:30:38.47
women's voices
will drop little lower
00:30:38.50\00:30:41.30
and men may
raise higher in pitch.
00:30:41.34\00:30:45.31
But here's a few things
that you might want to do
00:30:45.34\00:30:48.21
to keep your vocal cords elastic
00:30:48.24\00:30:50.91
and to keep your
body in good shape.
00:30:50.95\00:30:54.72
Your body, yes, you
know, as we get older our body
00:30:54.75\00:30:57.59
just sags a little
bit, you know, well,
00:30:57.62\00:31:00.86
you know, that actually affects
00:31:00.89\00:31:02.32
your support in a
huge way for singing.
00:31:02.36\00:31:04.79
And it, you may actually
still have your full range
00:31:04.83\00:31:07.93
and ability but
because your body
00:31:07.96\00:31:10.37
is not quite as in
great tone as it used to be,
00:31:10.40\00:31:13.30
it's not able to
give you the motor
00:31:13.34\00:31:14.74
that you need to
create that sound.
00:31:14.77\00:31:16.27
So, drink all your
water, do your exercise,
00:31:16.30\00:31:19.21
make sure you do
abdominal exercises,
00:31:19.24\00:31:22.14
crunches and various
things like that, leg lifts
00:31:22.18\00:31:24.75
and such because that
will keep that support system
00:31:24.78\00:31:27.85
even though some things
sag that can be maintained
00:31:27.88\00:31:31.05
for a lot longer than you think.
00:31:31.09\00:31:32.69
So don't be afraid to do that.
00:31:32.72\00:31:35.46
Okay.
00:31:35.49\00:31:36.83
Oh, this is a sweet one,
00:31:40.50\00:31:41.83
I thought this was really sweet.
00:31:41.86\00:31:43.20
I see my great granddaughter
only two times a month.
00:31:43.23\00:31:46.87
She is one and half years old.
00:31:46.90\00:31:49.24
How sweet.
00:31:49.27\00:31:50.61
Babies are so
sweet, aren't they?
00:31:50.64\00:31:53.31
She loves to
sing Jesus loves me.
00:31:53.34\00:31:55.91
And she took to
it when an infant.
00:31:55.94\00:31:58.75
Can I make a
difference in her life
00:31:58.78\00:32:00.32
spiritually by
singing Jesus songs to her
00:32:00.35\00:32:03.28
only seeing her a
couple times a month?
00:32:03.32\00:32:05.72
And I think you
know the answer to this.
00:32:05.75\00:32:09.82
Of course, definitely,
there is no greater time
00:32:09.86\00:32:15.40
than before a
child is five years old.
00:32:15.43\00:32:17.90
When their brain is
soaking up everything,
00:32:17.93\00:32:21.50
my child from the
minute he could hear,
00:32:21.54\00:32:23.87
was getting
influenced through music
00:32:23.91\00:32:27.11
or whatever other
sounds that he is able to hear
00:32:27.14\00:32:30.15
through all the fluid and such.
00:32:30.18\00:32:32.28
And that is changing his mind,
00:32:32.31\00:32:34.55
and that is developing his mind.
00:32:34.58\00:32:36.85
And unlike our brain,
00:32:36.89\00:32:39.82
once we hit seven
to nine in that area,
00:32:39.85\00:32:42.52
our brain begins
functioning differently,
00:32:42.56\00:32:45.59
and it's more
logical, it's more linear,
00:32:45.63\00:32:49.10
but a child, every
single input is taken
00:32:49.13\00:32:53.90
from a new
direction into the brain waves
00:32:53.94\00:32:56.24
and there are no paths
that are set in gold yet.
00:32:56.27\00:33:00.64
So input, input, input,
00:33:00.68\00:33:03.61
definitely every chance you get,
00:33:03.65\00:33:05.65
and there will be a
time that they will remember.
00:33:05.68\00:33:09.35
Even if it's not
evident at first,
00:33:09.38\00:33:11.25
it is there, it's
tucked in their brain.
00:33:11.29\00:33:13.59
So sing with them
all the time, definitely.
00:33:13.62\00:33:17.26
She'll remember Jesus loves
me to her dying day, I know.
00:33:17.29\00:33:20.10
I know that classical
music is good for depression
00:33:23.63\00:33:28.07
but is there any other kind,
00:33:28.10\00:33:31.27
are hymns or upbeat
Christian music as good?
00:33:31.31\00:33:35.21
And a nice note of appreciation,
00:33:35.24\00:33:37.25
thank you for that.
00:33:37.28\00:33:40.72
Actually, I know
less about music therapy
00:33:40.75\00:33:45.82
for depression than most areas.
00:33:45.85\00:33:48.16
So I did a
little research on that
00:33:48.19\00:33:49.76
so I would have a
better answer for you.
00:33:49.79\00:33:54.20
EEGs on the brain,
00:33:54.23\00:33:56.43
they're watching
brainwave activity.
00:33:56.46\00:33:59.20
Individuals who are depressed
usually have a symmetry
00:33:59.23\00:34:03.81
in the right frontal lobe.
00:34:03.84\00:34:05.57
This basically just
simply means something's
00:34:05.61\00:34:07.34
a little out of a
line in that frontal lobe
00:34:07.38\00:34:10.85
and the way the
brainwaves are functioning.
00:34:10.88\00:34:13.45
And what I read that
they're using right now
00:34:13.48\00:34:16.89
and they're testing,
massage and music theory,
00:34:16.92\00:34:20.96
music therapy have become
00:34:20.99\00:34:23.59
used quite a bit
more for depression
00:34:23.63\00:34:25.26
than any other thing right now.
00:34:25.29\00:34:27.40
But along the
music lines specifically,
00:34:27.43\00:34:31.23
I noticed what they had
listed there was everything
00:34:31.27\00:34:35.37
from rock music,
to classical music.
00:34:35.40\00:34:39.07
And what I am
perceiving is going on
00:34:39.11\00:34:41.84
is that in music therapy,
00:34:41.88\00:34:43.31
they are determining
00:34:43.35\00:34:44.78
a person's particular situation,
00:34:44.81\00:34:47.38
and deciding how to
carry them from where they are
00:34:47.42\00:34:50.39
to where they need to be.
00:34:50.42\00:34:51.92
And in all of these studies,
once music was introduced,
00:34:51.95\00:34:55.92
in these various
forms, different genres
00:34:55.96\00:34:58.83
didn't matter
which is genre it was,
00:34:58.86\00:35:01.56
the music
influence was correcting
00:35:01.60\00:35:05.73
and it was creating
greater improvement in the EEGs
00:35:05.77\00:35:11.67
and the brainwaves
there in the frontal lobe.
00:35:11.71\00:35:14.44
And honestly, it's not
specific enough to tell us
00:35:14.48\00:35:17.28
which songs are
doing the greater good.
00:35:17.31\00:35:19.68
But they're using a huge
range of genre and style.
00:35:19.71\00:35:22.78
So I don't have a
very solid answer for you.
00:35:22.82\00:35:25.55
What I would
say, just from my own,
00:35:25.59\00:35:28.49
this is my own perception,
00:35:28.52\00:35:29.99
my own personal
belief that scripture songs
00:35:30.03\00:35:35.56
and hymns just simply
00:35:35.60\00:35:36.93
because of their lyrical content
00:35:36.97\00:35:38.50
are going to be
uplifting for you.
00:35:38.53\00:35:41.57
Each person comes to
music a little differently.
00:35:41.60\00:35:45.21
And you and I, like
say you have an angry day
00:35:45.24\00:35:49.88
and you decide
you're going to use music
00:35:49.91\00:35:51.48
to try to calm
yourself down a little bit.
00:35:51.51\00:35:55.05
You probably
don't want to listen
00:35:55.08\00:35:57.02
to Bach's Sleepers Awake,
00:35:57.05\00:35:58.89
it's just too
sweet, it's too nice,
00:35:58.92\00:36:02.56
does that make sense?
00:36:02.59\00:36:04.03
You need
something a little harder,
00:36:04.06\00:36:05.53
a little edgier,
just something that
00:36:05.56\00:36:09.20
will help bring you down a
little bit, at least meet you
00:36:09.23\00:36:13.20
where you are
emotionally for a bit,
00:36:13.23\00:36:15.30
and then take
you to the next place
00:36:15.34\00:36:16.91
that you want to be.
00:36:16.94\00:36:18.44
And that is different
for every single person.
00:36:18.47\00:36:25.35
I can help you.
00:36:25.38\00:36:26.72
This is the
question and I had one here
00:36:26.75\00:36:28.35
as well on surgery,
people asking me to tell you
00:36:28.38\00:36:31.42
what list of music to
listen to for your moods,
00:36:31.45\00:36:34.72
for depression for a
surgery, you know this
00:36:34.76\00:36:37.66
when you go into surgery,
there's such a cacophony
00:36:37.69\00:36:41.03
of noise that it's
becoming more common
00:36:41.06\00:36:43.63
for them to allow you
to take headphones in.
00:36:43.67\00:36:46.10
So even though
you're unconscious,
00:36:46.13\00:36:47.47
you're listening to a CD
or a tape that you've created
00:36:47.50\00:36:50.87
in advance that
you know soothes you
00:36:50.91\00:36:53.54
and it's comforting to you.
00:36:53.58\00:36:54.91
And it's most
important in the recovery room,
00:36:54.94\00:36:57.31
because ICU is
very loud, very noisy.
00:36:57.35\00:37:00.18
And your body will
actually heal faster
00:37:00.22\00:37:01.98
if it's not hearing
all these confusing noises,
00:37:02.02\00:37:04.45
and it's hearing
the music instead.
00:37:04.49\00:37:06.19
So people are asking
me, what's the list of songs
00:37:06.22\00:37:08.62
to use for surgery,
in surgery recovery?
00:37:08.66\00:37:10.93
What's the list of
songs for depression?
00:37:10.96\00:37:13.60
Or how do I listen to
music to change my mood?
00:37:13.63\00:37:15.86
And it's not a simple answer.
00:37:15.90\00:37:18.77
I want to use just a few minutes
00:37:18.80\00:37:21.04
that we have left to show
you at least some basic concepts
00:37:21.07\00:37:27.41
that might help you determine
this for yourself, okay?
00:37:27.44\00:37:32.11
When you listen to
music and when you're trying
00:37:32.15\00:37:34.25
to select appropriate music,
00:37:34.28\00:37:35.62
make sure you
play the whole song.
00:37:35.65\00:37:38.22
We're not doing
that today, okay?
00:37:38.25\00:37:39.85
But make sure you
play the entire thing
00:37:39.89\00:37:42.76
and the things
you're going to watch
00:37:42.79\00:37:44.13
for are how does this
make me feel emotionally?
00:37:44.16\00:37:48.86
All right, what mood
am I in throughout this?
00:37:48.90\00:37:52.43
Just kind of try to be
like a third party objective
00:37:52.47\00:37:56.07
watching what happens.
00:37:56.10\00:37:57.44
If the music makes your
mind wander, let it, okay?
00:37:57.47\00:38:01.68
Just go with what is happening
00:38:01.71\00:38:03.95
and then evaluate
at the end of that,
00:38:03.98\00:38:05.75
is that the
result that I wanted?
00:38:05.78\00:38:07.58
Is that what's going to
help me in this situation?
00:38:07.62\00:38:12.95
And how you put
your music together,
00:38:12.99\00:38:14.32
of course, I alluded to that.
00:38:14.36\00:38:16.16
If you're angry, start out
with something a little edgier,
00:38:16.19\00:38:18.66
and then take it
slowly to the thing that,
00:38:18.69\00:38:21.30
you know, like,
let's go to Bach's Sleepers
00:38:21.33\00:38:23.30
Awake again that
example, which is so mellow
00:38:23.33\00:38:26.94
and so beautiful and lyrical,
00:38:26.97\00:38:28.77
and it has these
beautiful high tones in it
00:38:28.80\00:38:30.71
that just relax you,
that's where you'll get to.
00:38:30.74\00:38:33.81
Put your
sequence of music together
00:38:33.84\00:38:35.21
that takes you to that point.
00:38:35.24\00:38:38.18
And make sure...
00:38:38.21\00:38:40.05
I really have a
preference for playing music
00:38:40.08\00:38:42.02
on speakers not on headphones.
00:38:42.05\00:38:44.72
That's not,
there's not any problem
00:38:44.75\00:38:46.72
using headphones
other than the fact
00:38:46.76\00:38:48.42
people tend to play
them a little too loud
00:38:48.46\00:38:50.86
and you can lose
some hearing with that.
00:38:50.89\00:38:53.36
And here's the
other thing, frequencies,
00:38:53.40\00:38:55.40
we know very clearly
00:38:55.43\00:38:56.77
that frequencies
are affecting the body,
00:38:56.80\00:38:58.37
so allow those
frequencies to be in the room
00:38:58.40\00:39:01.64
and affect your body as
well as your ears, okay?
00:39:01.67\00:39:06.14
And when you're done listening,
00:39:06.17\00:39:09.74
be still and be
silent for a while.
00:39:09.78\00:39:11.88
God tells us
there's a time for that.
00:39:11.91\00:39:14.02
So that's the
way you can approach
00:39:14.05\00:39:15.58
your own listening,
00:39:15.62\00:39:17.19
and try to figure out
what works for you, okay?
00:39:17.22\00:39:19.19
And you can create
00:39:19.22\00:39:20.56
your own
soundtrack for life, okay?
00:39:20.59\00:39:22.59
We're going to
listen to just a few things,
00:39:22.62\00:39:24.09
I want to see how you react.
00:39:24.13\00:39:25.59
And what I want you to
do, these are very short
00:39:25.63\00:39:28.16
so you're going to
come up with an adjective
00:39:28.20\00:39:30.83
of what the song
feels like to you,
00:39:30.87\00:39:33.44
what your emotion might be
or if it makes you nervous,
00:39:33.47\00:39:37.94
if you're agitated, all
right, and I'm going to take
00:39:37.97\00:39:40.78
just one or two from people.
00:39:40.81\00:39:42.14
So as soon as you got them,
00:39:42.18\00:39:43.51
raise your hand
and tell me, okay?
00:39:43.55\00:39:45.18
Here, we're going to
play this first track for you
00:39:45.21\00:39:48.92
and let's see what happens.
00:39:48.95\00:39:51.85
All right.
00:39:51.89\00:39:53.22
Can you hear it?
00:39:58.73\00:40:00.06
Okay, that's all there is.
00:40:10.71\00:40:12.11
I've got a hand over here.
00:40:12.14\00:40:15.01
You think movies, okay
think emotion to as well.
00:40:15.04\00:40:18.35
Maybe what
emotion might you feel?
00:40:18.38\00:40:21.88
Energized, a lot
of energy that was
00:40:21.92\00:40:23.59
what you were thinking as well.
00:40:23.62\00:40:24.95
See, were more
like than you think.
00:40:24.99\00:40:27.52
Heroic.
00:40:27.56\00:40:28.89
Yes, it almost sounds like
00:40:28.92\00:40:30.26
we're going into
battle, doesn't it?
00:40:30.29\00:40:31.63
All right, so see we're
kind of along the same lines,
00:40:31.66\00:40:33.86
but some people
might not have as welcoming
00:40:33.90\00:40:36.90
a common connotation to that.
00:40:36.93\00:40:38.50
You may not want to hear that
00:40:38.53\00:40:39.87
when you're extremely depressed.
00:40:39.90\00:40:41.37
Okay?
00:40:41.40\00:40:42.74
So when you hear
something and when you use it,
00:40:42.77\00:40:45.51
it may be a wonderful piece
of music at one time for you,
00:40:45.54\00:40:48.11
but it may be the worst thing
in the world at another point,
00:40:48.14\00:40:50.35
so all right,
here's the next one.
00:40:50.38\00:40:52.55
It doesn't go much from here.
00:41:03.43\00:41:06.06
Start telling me
what you're thinking.
00:41:06.09\00:41:07.56
Yes.
00:41:07.60\00:41:09.30
Happy, of course.
00:41:09.33\00:41:10.73
And it just gets
you all the happier.
00:41:10.77\00:41:12.10
There's
something about a bassoon.
00:41:12.13\00:41:14.27
Yeah.
00:41:14.30\00:41:15.64
Whimsical, very
whimsical, definitely.
00:41:15.67\00:41:20.18
Oh, I heard something over here.
00:41:20.21\00:41:23.11
Merry and happy, that's right.
00:41:23.14\00:41:24.48
So we're all there,
how could you not be happy
00:41:24.51\00:41:28.48
when you hear a
bassoon and I just thought,
00:41:28.52\00:41:30.09
they're just a funny instrument.
00:41:30.12\00:41:31.45
Okay, next one, here we go.
00:41:31.49\00:41:33.22
I like this one.
00:41:59.78\00:42:01.12
That's why I want to listen
to it, isn't so beautiful?
00:42:01.15\00:42:03.75
To me it is.
00:42:03.79\00:42:05.32
I won't say how I respond to it.
00:42:05.35\00:42:06.69
Yes.
00:42:06.72\00:42:08.26
Very reflective, yes.
00:42:08.29\00:42:10.79
That was yours, yeah.
00:42:10.83\00:42:13.36
Melancholy.
00:42:13.40\00:42:14.73
See, that's why I like it.
00:42:14.76\00:42:16.10
Melancholy and yes,
very soothing, definitely.
00:42:16.13\00:42:18.33
Anybody from over in here?
00:42:18.37\00:42:19.77
Yes.
00:42:24.64\00:42:25.97
If you're already
a little depressed,
00:42:26.01\00:42:27.34
you're going to go
into a little bit more
00:42:27.38\00:42:28.71
of an introverted sad
state, I would believe so, yes.
00:42:28.74\00:42:31.11
See?
00:42:31.15\00:42:32.48
You guys are music experts here.
00:42:32.51\00:42:35.08
No, this is what
it is, is becoming
00:42:35.12\00:42:36.89
a music expert for yourself.
00:42:36.92\00:42:38.49
Where does the music take you?
00:42:38.52\00:42:39.85
And it's okay to just
let it take you there,
00:42:39.89\00:42:42.82
evaluate it and decide
if that's what you want.
00:42:42.86\00:42:45.83
This is the style of music
that is most relaxing for me.
00:42:45.86\00:42:49.30
I use... I love cellos.
00:42:49.33\00:42:51.43
I love the
lower end instruments.
00:42:51.47\00:42:54.04
They're just so
rich and full to me
00:42:54.07\00:42:55.87
and piano music
especially appeals to me.
00:42:55.90\00:42:58.04
Now, I was a
violinist and I'm a soprano.
00:42:58.07\00:43:00.78
That is not the music
00:43:00.81\00:43:02.14
I'll listen to to
relax with, I can't.
00:43:02.18\00:43:05.05
It almost
irritates me to listen to.
00:43:05.08\00:43:07.25
Soprano isn't that terrible.
00:43:07.28\00:43:09.25
To listen to
violins and sopranos,
00:43:09.28\00:43:11.02
but the lush, huge orchestra
00:43:11.05\00:43:13.15
where you have
enough of the low end
00:43:13.19\00:43:14.59
and the mid range in there,
00:43:14.62\00:43:16.39
that feeds my soul on the piano,
00:43:16.42\00:43:18.43
there's just
nothing like a piano to me,
00:43:18.46\00:43:20.20
I just love that.
00:43:20.23\00:43:21.73
Okay, here we go.
00:43:21.76\00:43:23.63
Now with this next one, I
want you to not only tell me
00:43:23.67\00:43:27.17
what it feels like, I
want you to try to date this
00:43:27.20\00:43:30.01
or give it a location
because there are some things
00:43:30.04\00:43:32.77
that are so
culturally ingrained for us.
00:43:32.81\00:43:36.61
Here you go.
00:43:36.64\00:43:39.35
Oh, no.
00:43:39.38\00:43:42.92
This is the right one.
00:43:42.95\00:43:44.29
Okay, we stopped it.
00:44:05.27\00:44:06.61
There we are. Yes.
00:44:06.64\00:44:08.74
Suspense, frightening, yes.
00:44:08.78\00:44:11.78
I stopped it before
it actually got scary,
00:44:11.81\00:44:13.42
I want you to know.
00:44:13.45\00:44:15.48
Scary,
definitely, it's very clear.
00:44:15.52\00:44:18.25
This is...
00:44:18.29\00:44:19.62
You had mentioned
movies earlier on,
00:44:19.65\00:44:21.02
this is actually
from a movie score.
00:44:21.06\00:44:22.79
And let me tell
you these people know
00:44:22.82\00:44:24.16
exactly how to tap
00:44:24.19\00:44:25.66
into our emotions very
quickly because they're dealing
00:44:25.69\00:44:28.36
with a visual
picture and so they sit there
00:44:28.40\00:44:31.30
with the music to
create a visual picture for you
00:44:31.33\00:44:33.44
and you can just
imagine what might be going on
00:44:33.47\00:44:35.30
with this, you know?
00:44:35.34\00:44:38.04
Here's the one that
is culturally ingrained,
00:44:38.07\00:44:41.28
I kind of jumped
ahead, here's this next clip.
00:44:41.31\00:44:43.24
Okay.
00:44:59.33\00:45:01.90
All right, so
what era are we in?
00:45:01.93\00:45:03.80
1920s.
00:45:07.10\00:45:09.60
Yeah, see, you know,
you know, and doesn't
00:45:09.64\00:45:11.74
it make you feel
happy a little bit?
00:45:11.77\00:45:13.64
It is, can't help but.
00:45:13.68\00:45:15.94
Do you happen to
know what culture
00:45:15.98\00:45:18.35
that would have come from?
00:45:18.38\00:45:21.05
Vienna, Germany,
it actually is a blend
00:45:21.08\00:45:25.32
of what American
culture did in the 20s
00:45:25.35\00:45:29.09
as it then moved
on over into Europe.
00:45:29.12\00:45:30.63
And this is actually
00:45:30.66\00:45:31.99
from the 40s
this particular piece,
00:45:32.03\00:45:34.43
because it traveled
just a little late over
00:45:34.46\00:45:37.23
during the war, and
you were thinking 40s,
00:45:37.27\00:45:39.00
there you go.
00:45:39.03\00:45:40.37
In Italy, very specific,
00:45:40.40\00:45:41.74
that has some
Italian influences in it.
00:45:41.77\00:45:44.14
But Italian music actually
can be very fun and lively,
00:45:44.17\00:45:47.71
they have some
wonderful, wonderful music.
00:45:47.74\00:45:49.71
So if you're looking for
things to make you happy,
00:45:49.74\00:45:51.61
go to Italian music
00:45:51.65\00:45:52.98
and you'll find
some great things.
00:45:53.01\00:45:55.42
I'm going to skip down here
00:45:55.45\00:45:56.82
just a little
bit to track seven.
00:45:56.85\00:46:02.06
And just take a listen to this.
00:46:02.09\00:46:03.56
This is a new
interpretation of some very...
00:46:41.46\00:46:47.17
It's actually
from the romantic era
00:46:47.20\00:46:49.74
in classical music, we
have our different areas,
00:46:49.77\00:46:52.41
and it's a newer
interpretation of it.
00:46:52.44\00:46:54.58
It's very rich,
very full, very relaxing,
00:46:54.61\00:46:56.68
I enjoy that kind of
music for me to relax with.
00:46:56.71\00:47:01.02
If you're looking
for something to help
00:47:01.05\00:47:04.05
clean your house
with, here's this one.
00:47:04.09\00:47:05.89
Yeah.
00:47:15.20\00:47:16.53
Everybody's
laughing, why is that?
00:47:26.34\00:47:30.81
Do you think you could
get the house done quickly?
00:47:30.85\00:47:33.35
Yeah, a lot of
high energy there.
00:47:33.38\00:47:36.12
All right. Here's the thing.
00:47:36.15\00:47:38.62
Different music affects us
all fairly generally the same
00:47:38.65\00:47:42.19
but just like you
were even pointing out
00:47:42.22\00:47:43.99
and as I've said,
00:47:44.03\00:47:45.36
where you are emotionally
and what's happening with you,
00:47:45.39\00:47:48.13
if your pulse is high already,
00:47:48.16\00:47:50.27
you don't need
to listen to this,
00:47:50.30\00:47:51.80
you need to find a
way to get it down.
00:47:51.83\00:47:54.17
Because it does
affect your heart rate,
00:47:54.20\00:47:55.74
everything, okay?
00:47:55.77\00:47:58.34
I'm running a
little out of time,
00:47:58.37\00:48:01.08
but I want to play
one last thing for you.
00:48:01.11\00:48:03.85
And it is...
00:48:03.88\00:48:05.88
Let's go down to track 14.
00:48:05.91\00:48:09.35
These are on Dante's,
which means an easy walk pace,
00:48:09.38\00:48:14.56
is what that means
in classical music.
00:48:14.59\00:48:16.36
And this is from
the classical era.
00:48:16.39\00:48:18.49
And you can go
ahead and run that track.
00:48:18.53\00:48:20.00
I'm going to talk over it.
00:48:20.03\00:48:22.53
See that tempo is nice
and relaxed, it's happy,
00:48:22.56\00:48:25.83
it's very concise,
very simple, very clean.
00:48:25.87\00:48:31.51
There is a reason
why classical music
00:48:31.54\00:48:34.28
and I'm not just referring
to the classical genre,
00:48:34.31\00:48:37.88
romantic and all these
others, the classical era
00:48:37.91\00:48:41.88
specifically helps
organize our thought.
00:48:41.92\00:48:47.46
Hear this one now,
this is on Dante too,
00:48:47.49\00:48:49.79
but it's darker, isn't it?
00:48:49.82\00:48:52.36
It almost feels melancholy.
00:48:52.39\00:48:54.83
This second one is
written by Mendelssohn,
00:48:54.86\00:48:58.03
wonderful
composer, beautiful music.
00:48:58.07\00:49:00.67
The first one was
written by Mozart.
00:49:00.70\00:49:04.17
And there if you
want to know music
00:49:04.21\00:49:06.81
that has been more researched
than any other form of music
00:49:06.84\00:49:10.58
on the globe, it
is Mozart's music.
00:49:10.61\00:49:13.88
And they are finding continually
00:49:13.92\00:49:16.25
that Mozart's music
above any other kind
00:49:16.28\00:49:19.79
is changing your brainwaves.
00:49:19.82\00:49:23.19
They have rats
right now that are smarter
00:49:23.22\00:49:25.53
because they're
playing Mozart to it, okay?
00:49:25.56\00:49:28.10
Now, it's possible
00:49:28.13\00:49:29.46
that Mendelssohn's music will do
00:49:29.50\00:49:30.87
the same thing for you
00:49:30.90\00:49:32.23
but if you really
want to have things
00:49:32.27\00:49:33.80
that will soothe
you during surgery,
00:49:33.84\00:49:36.24
if you want to have things
00:49:36.27\00:49:37.61
that will help
you with depression,
00:49:37.64\00:49:38.97
if you want to have things
that will make you smarter,
00:49:39.01\00:49:40.51
that will help your
children be smarter,
00:49:40.54\00:49:42.64
you need to look
at Mozart's music
00:49:42.68\00:49:44.31
in a very serious
way, because there's been
00:49:44.35\00:49:46.88
more research done on it,
00:49:46.92\00:49:48.25
they know more about
it, and you can be guided
00:49:48.28\00:49:50.59
in your listening
with that all the more.
00:49:50.62\00:49:53.02
So after all of our listening,
I'm just going to tell you
00:49:53.05\00:49:57.13
to go out and buy some Mozart
00:49:57.16\00:49:58.86
and you'll be
really in great shape.
00:49:58.89\00:50:01.80
Here's the one thing
that I want to end with.
00:50:01.83\00:50:04.87
Of all the things
that we can listen to,
00:50:04.90\00:50:06.63
of all the worship
services we can be a part of,
00:50:06.67\00:50:10.14
the greatest thing we can
do for the healing of our body
00:50:10.17\00:50:13.27
and our mind and our soul
00:50:13.31\00:50:15.94
is to create the
praise ourselves,
00:50:15.98\00:50:18.31
is to create
the music ourselves.
00:50:18.35\00:50:21.12
So what I'm
going to ask you to do
00:50:21.15\00:50:22.82
when you're
depressed, when you're lonely,
00:50:22.85\00:50:24.92
when you're excited and happy,
00:50:24.95\00:50:27.39
whatever
situation you are in, sing.
00:50:27.42\00:50:31.29
Because the frequencies
you are making right then,
00:50:31.33\00:50:34.66
they're going
throughout your body
00:50:34.70\00:50:36.80
and they are changing your body
and they're changing your mind.
00:50:36.83\00:50:40.20
God tells us over and
over again to praise Him
00:50:40.24\00:50:42.67
and praise Him,
00:50:42.70\00:50:44.04
there is a
physiological reason for that.
00:50:44.07\00:50:47.08
And music is one
of the greatest ways
00:50:47.11\00:50:49.04
we can communicate our heart.
00:50:49.08\00:50:50.95
There are things that you
might not even consciously know
00:50:50.98\00:50:53.78
but you can express
with your heart through music
00:50:53.82\00:50:56.75
in a greater way than
any other word could do.
00:50:56.79\00:50:59.92
So that's what I'm
going to encourage you to do
00:50:59.95\00:51:02.29
is to sing, okay?
00:51:02.32\00:51:04.89
So whatever you
take from this whole time
00:51:04.93\00:51:06.66
that we spent together,
00:51:06.70\00:51:08.03
you're going to
go out and do what?
00:51:08.06\00:51:10.00
There we go, sing
your praise to the Lord.
00:51:10.03\00:51:12.07
Let's have a word
of prayer as we end.
00:51:12.10\00:51:14.14
Dear Heavenly
Father, we love You
00:51:14.17\00:51:15.80
and we thank You so
much for the gift of music,
00:51:15.84\00:51:18.44
and the ability to
sing our praises to You.
00:51:18.47\00:51:20.84
Please teach us how to
use music to fill our lives
00:51:20.88\00:51:25.48
with greater
understanding of You,
00:51:25.51\00:51:27.35
and how to share You
with the rest of the world.
00:51:27.38\00:51:29.88
We love You and we praise You.
00:51:29.92\00:51:31.35
Amen.
00:51:31.39\00:51:32.72