Re: [lace] Music to Make Lace By
Whatever the blip was with the lace list, majordomo asleep (?) - to see Ruth's message again reminded me of an excellent playlist at CBC Radio, to use while studying. "ace your exams..." and I used to to ace some lace :) http://tinyurl.com/lacestudyplaylist On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 6:30 PM, Earl & Ruth Johnson wrote: > > ...Do you listen to music while lacemaking? > > -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Music to Make Lace By
Cool! I've never heard this before, but I always liked Baroque (especially Bach) for studying. I always wished the UCLA Biomed library would pipe in music--as soon as I entered the stacks my thoughts turned to Bach. Something about the smell of the old volumes triggered that association. Thanks for the info! For lacemaking, however, I learn toward New Age stuff--George Winston, Lanz & Spear, Kitaro, Nakai, that sort of stuff. Tranquil & serene. Native American flute museic is also really good. For me, making lace is meditative, unlike studying. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA robinl...@socal.rr.com =Liz Baker wrote: I have read this thread with interest as for many years, teachers and trainers have been encouraging their students to play Baroque music low in the background when studying for exams. Much research s done in the 90s on accelerated learning and it was found that the beat of Baroque music was similar to that of the of heart beat during light exercise. When students revised or did activities with this in the background they retained more information than without. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Music to Make Lace By
i do use music for a lot of different areas, but i, too, need not to be distracted. i found several MP3 albums on Amazon for "dedicated readers" which only have music and no lyrics. it is classical. my favorite provider just came out with album #10 which is very good. a bit uplifting - not charging - and so you keep up a good pace and don't mellow out too much. each of the albums i have purchased has been a bit different enough that getting a new album (about 99 cents US for 24-25 songs/tracks) can allow me to pick the pace it will set to suit my task. cleaning the bathroom requires a bit of a celtic stomp the foot type. you can test them out by listening to the samples. you don't get much but it gives you an idea about the spirit of the music. i have all 10 and have found the ones i like best for what i am doing. i think they are range from an hour to at least two hours. i download them to my computer, cell phone and my tablet. just a thought and something to give you pleasure. i play the samples on my computer while i do something else on the computer and it is a distraction but i find my shoulders do stay low while i am doing the tense seek and find missions. On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 6:30 PM, Earl & Ruth Johnson wrote: > I was listening to a new CD the other day and thinking that I liked it but > could not make lace while listening to it. This got me wondering. I > dont remember the list ever discussing music to make lace by. Do you > listen to music while lacemaking? > > When I am starting a new pattern and concentrating on learning it, music > can > sometimes be distracting or even annoying, however, once I am confident in > what I am doing, a little background music is wonderful. > > Television well that is another topic altogether! > > Ruth Johnson > Ottawa, Ontario, Canada > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > -- Hugs, Lin and the Mali "If we concentrated on the really important stuff in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles." - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Music to Make Lace By
I have read this thread with interest as for many years, teachers and trainers have been encouraging their students to play Baroque music low in the background when studying for exams. Much research s done in the 90s on accelerated learning and it was found that the beat of Baroque music was similar to that of the of heart beat during light exercise. When students revised or did activities with this in the background they retained more information than without. It apparently, among other things, evens our breathing and thus oxygen intake, making us more alert, is often rhythmical meaning that you read or do the exercise a little quicker because you pick up the 'flow' and rhythm of the task and ... I was surprised by this one, even people who don't like 'classical' music quite like a few pieces of Baroque. In order to maximise its use, it is advised to have a variety of pieces to play (I remember the trainer who had been told music aided learning and played a Celtic Harp version of my heart will go on for EVERY exercise for two days. By the middle of the second day one of the delegates accidentally trod on the CD ... He got a round of drinks bought for him that night ... If he hadn't done that by the end of the week we would have been homicidal). I personally like to use Purcell as not many people are familiar with him but Mozart and Vivaldi work just as well and Handle to some extent. I would suppose that non classical music would work as well if the beat was similar. There were a number of meditative CDs around in the 80s based on traditional music such as Clannad and at some point I might do some tests in my training sessions to see the results. Other research has shown that background noise can be disturbing as it is unpredictable so something which blocks out the background noise but is rhythmic helps ... Think of the child who will sleep with the radio on but won't when its quite ... Same principal. I've always felt that this is why lacemakers work so well when they meet in a group. The rhythmic sound of the bobbins is very often at the same rate as your heart and so we work faster and better in a group. The Aussie, who has bad tinnitus, finds the doing of my lacemaking soothing as the bobbins click and clack. In fact, recent unscientific tests have shown that if he shoots things on the play station whilst I make lace next to him, his score improves. Kind Regards Liz Baker On 1 Aug 2013, at 07:50, "J D Hammett" wrote: > Hi Ruth and fellow Arachnids, > > I like music while I am doing a pattern I know. However, I find that it has > to coincide with the rhythm of moving my bobbins or near to my normal rhythm > to be enjoyable. When working on something new I prefer silence. With needle > lace I do not find this so important. > > Happy lace making, > > Joepie in sunny East Sussex, UK > > -Original Message- From: Earl & Ruth Johnson > Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2013 2:30 AM > > > When I am starting a new pattern and concentrating on learning it, music can > sometimes be distracting or even annoying, however, once I am confident in > what I am doing, a little background music is wonderful. > > > > Ruth Johnson > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Music to Make Lace By
Hi Ruth and fellow Arachnids, I like music while I am doing a pattern I know. However, I find that it has to coincide with the rhythm of moving my bobbins or near to my normal rhythm to be enjoyable. When working on something new I prefer silence. With needle lace I do not find this so important. Happy lace making, Joepie in sunny East Sussex, UK -Original Message- From: Earl & Ruth Johnson Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2013 2:30 AM When I am starting a new pattern and concentrating on learning it, music can sometimes be distracting or even annoying, however, once I am confident in what I am doing, a little background music is wonderful. Ruth Johnson - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
[lace] Music to Make Lace By
I was listening to a new CD the other day and thinking that I liked it but could not make lace while listening to it. This got me wondering. I donât remember the list ever discussing music to make lace by. Do you listen to music while lacemaking? When I am starting a new pattern and concentrating on learning it, music can sometimes be distracting or even annoying, however, once I am confident in what I am doing, a little background music is wonderful. Television â well that is another topic altogether! Ruth Johnson Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
