[Fwd: Re: This temperament thing]

[Travis Gordy]

Mike:  I like your comments of Jan. 21st.  Would you believe I am well over
1000 emails behind so just caught yours. Research has shown music is
beneficial in development of the brain in very young children.  
Newsweek of Feb. 19, 1996, reported on several studies.  Mozart was used in
a study with toddlers in a day care center.  Surely do hope nursery and
school administrators are taking some of that information to heart.  Yamaha
and Selmer, and perhaps others, have published brochures highlighting such
studies. 

Travis Gordy
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> From: Michael Jorgensen <Michael.Jorgensen@cmich.edu>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: This temperament thing]
> Date: Wednesday, January 21, 1998 2:55 AM
> 
> Hello Jim and List,
>      I'm sorry for my inappropriate comment about "substandard music"
> which showed me to be a snob.  This comment, a response to one
> individual, was not intended for the whole list. I thought that "Remail"
> in my tool bar only went to one person, since there is also a "remail
> all".  Please forgive me.  
>        My snobery can be traced back to being "abused musically." In
> school, i suffered through many painful years of forced listening to
> rock music.  I endured it in cafeterias, bus rides, school "radio
> stations", plays, concerts, dances (which i couldn't attend as i hated
> the music), and even in the church. This rock music continuously
> referenced and encouraged behaviors resulting in sad consequences.
> (illicit sex, substance abuse, violence, rebellion).  It was loud,
> abused my hearing, obnoxious, gross, hurt my spirit, and lacked
> significant harmonic developement and i couln't just turn it off or get
> away from it. Interestingly, much of the contemporary music at the
> university level also abused me.
>      I have strong feelings about music and that it has considerable
> influence on culture and the state of the world.  Music education of the
> classics is poor. Rock music is ubiquitous where children are and is
> usually placed there by adults who think and expect children to like
> it.  (By this, children are taught from an early age that because they
> are young they should like rock, so they do)  This  constant abusive
> brainwashing didn't quite work with me because i had a reasonable
> exposure to the classics.
>      My children may listen to any music, provided that it does not
> teach or encourage immoral behavior. Our ten year old boy has
> interestingly chosen Mozart. (part of this is we don't have a TV, and he
> attends a christian school and was home schooled). He has also had
> plenty of exposure to rock and other popular music as it is everywhere. 
>     The LORD has commanded us not to judge others. I do however have the
> right to judge any human made thing, which includes pianos, cars, boats,
> and yes -music.
> 
> -Mike Jorgensen