Instrumental Music

Besides the fact that listening to instrumental music composed for the flute, piano, guitar, violin and other instruments is incredibly enjoyable, practitioners have found that it can also have a tremendously positive impact on the mind, body and spirit.

Of late, the affect of instrumental songs on physical health and well-being has been particularly touted. “More and more doctors are now using music as part of their patients treatment to help them stay healthy and to recover more quickly from illness,” says Victoria Abreo, an alternative medicine specialist at BellaOnline. “Heart patients gained the same benefits from listening to 30 minutes of classical music as they did from taking 10 mg of the anti-anxiety medication Valium. Music and relaxation therapy have been used together to lower heart rate and blood pressure in patients with heart disease. Migraine sufferers were trained to use music, guided imagery, and relaxation technique to help reduce the frequency, intensity and duration of their headaches.”
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Classic

Classic Music” is a term used to refer to a wide range of music that is produced in or rooted in the traditions of Western art, ecclesiastical and concert music. It has been spanning the ages from the 9th century to the present time. Classical music is still played by many of today’s artist and reaches a select group of individuals. The term “classical music” was coined during the 19th Century as an attempt to identify the period from Johann Sebastian Bach to Ludwig van Beethoven which was considered as the “Golden Age” of Classical Music. It was during 1863 that the term classical music was recorded in the Oxford English Dictionary.
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