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Listening to music - good for your health ?

Here’s an abstract

WASHINGTON (AFP) - - Listening to your favorite music may be helpful to maintaining a healthy heart, according to a study.

The research team at the University of Maryland School of Medicine announced they had shown for the first time the emotions aroused by music enjoyed by the listener to be beneficial to a healthy blood vessel function.
 
 
The team, who in a 2005 study noted the cardiovascular benefits of laughter, presented their work at the 2008 Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association in New Orleans.
 
 
“I was impressed with the highly significant differences both before and after listening to joyful music as well as between joyful and anxious music,” said head researcher Michael Miller, director of preventive cardiology at the University of Maryland Medical Center and associate professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
 
 
Read the fulll article by clicking here:http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20081112/tts-health-us-heart-music-972e412.html

Tags: advantages of music, health living, listening to music

Problems with the comment page.

Recently there was a glitch with the comments system, so it prevented you from posting replies to any of the videos or articles.

Now you can do it, and please answer my question with the answer 5 !

最近有评论系统的故障，因此它阻止你张贴答复任何影片或文章。

现在你可以做到这一点，请回答我的问题答案为 5 ！

A new Library Section

I have just added a new library section, at the bottom of the right sidebar. The widget shows currently what I am reading now, and click the “View full library link” to see my full library. Basically its just a few books, since most of them are score books.

http://www.singwithpiano.com/index.php?now_reading_library=true

I recommend these books to people who want to start learning music, but aren’t sure if it is right for you. You should have some music knowledge or background before spending an investment on lessons or buying an upright piano!

Tags: books for music learners, music library section, recommended music books

Photos from my Music performance

The other day I had a video posted here, on some composition that leads to an intro. That performance was held at the Singapore Conference Hall.

 
This time round I am honoured to be the pianist for this performance, accompanied by a guitarist, a bassist, and a drummist (they are a band themselves), along with 3 wonderful ladies who sang for the graduating students. Here are some pictures:

 
The ladies and me.

 
The guitarist and me, taken while we were packing up… wires and stuff…

 
The ladies with an informal picture !

This was the instrument used. It costs $250 just to rent it for a day, and we had it for 2 days!

Finally, our group photo.

In the next post I will write some of my experiences prior to preparing this performance, as well as the other performance I had in my company. Hope you enjoy the photos!

Tags: 钢琴伴奏, 钢琴伴奏课程, free piano lessons, Learn piano chords, Perform music pressure, prepare for music performances, self taught piano, video tutorials on piano, 基本钢琴教学

A new look here ?

Hi guys, I have recently changed the template of my site. This time it is a white theme, but it won’t be for long.

 
Meanwhile I will need to get a new template that stands out as a music blog, as well as a great resource for music sheets, lyrics and chords. This site also aims to give you free piano resources so that you can sing and play, and it is all possible if you follow me and practise.

 
I welcome any suggestions for new website templates, and any improvements that you might have.

Please mail them to dennisquek@dennisquek.com

Thanks !