The final product is based upon modern research, considering the various strengths of ancient techniques. Time requirements are very reasonable. Something good is clearly going on here. Music has an undeniable power and pervasive effect that touches the heart of all people. Every culture has some form of music to celebrate triumphs, mourn losses, enhance intimacy, and heighten tribal or national pride in peace and wartime.
Music knows no skepticism.
Its effect inspires the scientist and poet alike. Recently there have been many extravagant and downright foolhardy claims about the power of music. There is also much serious research and new theoretical interpretations and use of music in hospital settings. This heterogeneous group includes composers, researchers, and therapists who contend that their music can cure cancer, meliorate the effects of AIDS, modify addictive behavior through subliminal messages, and rid fields of harmful insects better than pesticides. Scholars and scientists have been reluctant to examine such improbable assertions because the dubiety inherent in the effects of music make it difficult to rate using the scientific method.