@gennepher I'm way behind in posts, so I'm thinking of you and hope that I'll soon run across you reporting in after hospital
Ah! Here's you yesterday asking about plainchant. I'll have to be on my computer to send a link. Plainchant is the Western medieval/Gregorian church singing done before composers realized what they could do with this wide world of harmony available to them. It is purely vocal, so even the experts would have to grant you that a voice is a voice, right? So step one (imho) is to buy yourself a small Bose bluetooth speaker, currently under $200. That way you'll be assured of good fidelity. (This only works if you have a good fast wifi and a phone/device that can stream well. If you watch videos on your device, you're safe).
Step 2 is, go on Youtube and search "Hildegard von Bingen". She was an abbess in 11thC, a genius, a composer, philosopher, apparently invented the science of natural history, and her chant is sublime and ecstatic. She's my favorite plainchant composer. Look for the videos that feature female voices, as they will better match the vibrations you might feel when you sneeze or vocalize in any way.
Step 3, cast to your Bose speaker, which you have previously taught your wifi network and taught to pair with your phone. Caution! My speaker talks to me!! She says very mushily, "battery 40 percent", and "connected to cdhjdiPhone". Then the music starts. I don't know what to advise re volume levels. Start soft so you don't get sensory overload I guess, and inch it up until you feel right.
Step 4, three minutes max for first session!!!!! Unless you are instantly transported, of course. But still, this will be exhausting, right?
Step 5. Buy a Celtic harp! (And a $20 tuning device) That goes in your lap, you hug it, and the strings vibrate like crazy. Blow across soda or beer bottles (with somebody who can show and tell). You can feel that and hear it by bone induction. I'm a flute player, and actually most instrumentalists hear half of what they hear by being in close bodily contact with their instruments. I think piano and percussion might be exceptions. But... all kinds of drums are pitched. African maybe the best example.
Step 6 and I am not kidding: take lessons on that harp! Find a certified Music Therapist or UK equivalent, so you know you have an understanding soul to work with.
I know that's a huge list, but I am with you that you can do more than they say you can. Music starts in the heart, not the technology.
Whew. Thus endeth the lesson for today!
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Had a nice low carb dinner on the way home and now we're 'chillin' and drinking tea .
