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25.01.2022 I’ve always been jealous of people with perfect pitch but all is not lost as I have learned that pitch perception can be improved over time and practice.

24.01.2022 New year, new equipment. A suitcase is maybe not as exciting as a musical instrument but my last case was getting heavier each time I lifted it in and out of the car. It was weighing me down literally and figuratively. This little beauty is so lightweight. It has all the pockets I need for music (mostly all digital on iPad), a speaker and other bits. And is it wrong to be excited about a side pocket for a water bottle?

19.01.2022 It's February so time for love songs One resident's favourite song, Always by Irving Berlin, turned out to be another's wedding song. One resident told us about her late husband's romantic gestures, while another jokingly wished for more men in the home. This week we are looking at the feelings that love can create and Elvis Presley's song All Shook Up is excellent for playing maracas together. This song is from the late 1950s and so isn't a highly familiar musical era for the 80-95 year olds as many were busy working and raising families. More familiar territory for singing is Dean Martin's That's Amore.

06.01.2022 Yesterday my mind blanked during a goodbye song that I sing at least four times a week to end a music therapy session. This isn’t the first time I’ve forgotten very familiar lyrics and often a resident with dementia will come to my aid to remind me of the lyrics, which we all find funny and ironic! Dementia is often associated with memory loss, but I have found that the hormonal changes of peri-menopause can be equally associated with memory loss. So in a way the residents and I balance each other out beautifully. If only I could remember where I put the iPad pencil.

04.01.2022 I hope that my residents enjoy playing some Christmas music on the coloured chimes. Each song book contains coloured notes that are clear and uncluttered, with a medium sized print of four lines per page (eg. We Wish You A Merry Christmas), and a larger sized print of two lines per page (eg. Jingle Bells). This provides flexibility to adapt to different levels of sight impairments (including colour perception) and different levels of cognition. Residents can be supported to play with gestures (pointing to note or chime), a verbal reminder of the colours or gentle hand-over-hand help.