Overview

This course will guide you through musical techniques which have been found to ease stress, lift mood and enhance motivation and self-confidence. The course is suitable for individuals who are interested in taking advantage of music’s healing properties. The course is structured around three modules (4 lessons each)The modules’ contents are: A. Developing Playlists B. Strum Down your Emotions; Healthy Playing Techniques C.Improvisation and D. Advice for Teachers.The techniques suggested in the course have been developed according to research on music’s positive effect on well-being (listed under ‘further reading’ at the end of each lesson).

Introduction

Music’ is a generic word; musical experiences are complicated, interwoven with memories, positive and negative occurrences, occasions ceremonies and so on. Depending on the participant and their unique experience with music the approach should differ. You will learn how to create personalised activities either for yourself or for your students. Anyone can be involved with music; humans are musical and rhythmical by nature. It only takes a beating heart to get involved with music; or so would claim some anthropologists ( Mithen, 2006). This course will help you see music as an every-day activity and allow yourself to be imperfect, awkward, cringy or whatever it is you perceive your music as. In other words, it will lead you to free musical expression.