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SheltieLover

(59,605 posts)
Fri Oct 28, 2022, 06:56 PM Oct 2022

Nightmares Can Be Silenced With a Single Piano Chord, Scientists Discover

https://www.sciencealert.com/nightmares-can-be-silenced-with-a-single-piano-chord-scientists-discover/amp

Using non-invasive techniques to manipulate our emotions, it might be possible to curtail the screaming horrors that plague our sleep.

A study conducted on 36 patients diagnosed with a nightmare disorder showed that a combination of two simple therapies reduced the frequency of their bad dreams.

Scientists invited the volunteers to rewrite their most frequent nightmares in a positive light and then playing sound associated with positive experiences as they slept.

"There is a relationship between the types of emotions experienced in dreams and our emotional well-being," says psychiatrist Lampros Perogamvros of the Geneva University Hospitals and the University of Geneva in Switzerland.

Much more at link.

I hope this is helpful for anyone suffering night terrors.

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Nightmares Can Be Silenced With a Single Piano Chord, Scientists Discover (Original Post) SheltieLover Oct 2022 OP
For piano players, usonian Oct 2022 #1
Thnx - I was wondering what... 3catwoman3 Oct 2022 #2
yes, the 6th is the A. and the 9th is a D, though this moves it down. usonian Oct 2022 #3

usonian

(13,792 posts)
1. For piano players,
Fri Oct 28, 2022, 11:36 PM
Oct 2022


Though, the procedure is more complex than just playing a chord. Music is always good therapy, in my opinion.

usonian

(13,792 posts)
3. yes, the 6th is the A. and the 9th is a D, though this moves it down.
Sat Oct 29, 2022, 12:03 AM
Oct 2022

I personally would play it C E G A D (if I could)
Too many pieces of music stretch to the 9th and 10th note.

Rachmaninoff was famous for having giant hands, and it shows in his music.

Mozart, OTOH, was said to have small hands, so there seems to be some reasonable fingering for us with average and small "span". We'll never be quarterbacks, unless they allow lots of stick-um.

Pleasant dreams!

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