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Neurobiology - connection between breath, music and heart rhythm Coaching and see lessons online with ZOOM

Music makes smart - but why ? what happens in the brain? In these months it is impossible for Marion and Vincent to travel. Since months we could
Since many years we know that not visit the Class Bands in real. But there is a solution: ZOOM. With this online meeting
people making actively music will tool we are able to have meetings with our teachers and even see class bands working.
become ‘smarter’. Many resear- It is not the real thing but in these times it is of great help.
ches at universities all over the Already we have seen some Class Bands and we had a Key Teachers meeting with our
world showed the same result. Italian YCB Key teachers.
Music activates parts in the brain.
Drs. Kees Blase and Alexander
Plooij did research and found out
what exactly happens in the brain
and the whole body when making
music - connected with breathing
and heart rhythm.
Very interesting as it shows the
total figure of what happens.
The resultsd were published in a
Dutch magazine for health (Tijd-
schrift voor Geneeskunde) .
https://www.facebook.com/
groups/265352103838894
Here is the link to the PDF file of
the article. It is interesting.

It is unfortunatelly not possible to make music to-
gether by using ZOOM, Skype or TEAMS. The time
difference is too much. There are programs which
promisse the possibility to make music together but
this is expensive and limited to 4 musicians. This is
not a suitable solution for Class Band lessons online.

Music makes smart, but
making music together in
a group - like the Yama-
ha Class Band! - makes
also social! The effect of
playing together is very Do you want to have a ZOOM meeting with us? Feel
important for the deve- More interesting books about free to ask and we will find a suitable date and time
music and the brain
lopment of social skills. for you!
Learning to listen and this
will be transferred to nor-
mal daily life as well!