By Amanda Formaro Rhythm, listening, instruments, sound. Throughout history people have been positively or negatively affected by noise of all kinds.
Music has similar effects.
Put on a dance record for exercise or house cleaning, play classical to soothe a colicky baby or read by the fire. Musical instruments have been unearthed in the oldest archaeological digs and modern teens walk aimlessly about while strapped to colorful headphones. From washboards to bean-filled gourds, they found a way. Try some sounds of your own. Gather empty cans, old pots, plastic bowls, paper towel cores, dried beans or small pebbles, plastic utensils, cloth scraps and noisemakers.