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when they were young, but mostly sad songs. Their depression needed to be released before they could enjoy upbeat music.
I watched patients who appeared frozen, sitting in cradled positions with never a glance or saying a word to anyone else. Two months into my visits a gentleman fell flat on his face on the floor. Anxiously I ran to help him and noticed that no one else even gazed his way. After playing violin for three months the residents had not spoken a word to me. No one so much as glanced at me or at each other. 
This group was able to speak, but chose not to communicate. I wondered why all the people had retreated so deeply. I reflected that after years of pain people are hesitant to be vulnerable and open, lest they get hurt again. Invisible yet insidious pain, gathered after years of life’s trials, weighed them down and eventually created emotional stagnation. They were spending their final years in a “home,” where their isolation grew.
After four months of performing a small change occurred – a few talked to me. At first, I attributed this to them warming up to me. Interestingly, several months later they started talking to one another. Soon they regularly engaged in social chatting. Now I was certain that the music played a vital role in their healthy emotional improvement.
The right brain hemisphere processes music without words. It also processes patterns, context, creativity, spatial awareness, (continue)
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