PART 1

This first part is divided into fourteen sections as follows:

1. Introduction and phonemes (These phonemes are explained with an example)

2. Music and depression (Reference is made to lyrics)

3. Mental health and Country Music (Poems and lyrics included)

4. Country Music and Gratitude

5. Country Music and Depression

6. What leaders can learn from Country Music

7. Benefits of music (Your participation is encouraged!)

8. How Country Music affects learning (Again, your participation.)

9. Paintings (Included with special permission - these do NOT feature elsewhere on the Internet)

10. Lyrics

11. The Homework Section (Asking for your feedback on various statements made and thoughts expressed.)

12. Finishing off

13. I still cry

14. P.P.S.

Throughout the course students are urged to read/listen/think and then respond in the Q/A. Plenty of clips. Plenty of questions. Plenty of comments welcome.

There is material included here - paintings, poems, lyrics, recordings - that cannot be found anywhere else on the internet - otherwise you could just go to Youtube!

Enrol ..and ENJOY this course - and you may learn quite a lot on the way!

Note: Owing to copyright, only CLIPS of world famous musicians are included - you are always urged to go and visit the original film.

Artists such as:

• Tim McGraw

• Vince Gill

• Andy Simpson

• Johnny Cash

• Kris Kristofferson

• Hank Williams

• Garth Brooks

• Luke Combs

• Maren Morris

• Brett Eldredge

• Van Zandt

• Alan Jackson

• Buck Owens

• Denny Strickland

• Mary Gauthier

• George Jones

• Randy Travis

• Hank Cochran

• Ilse DeLange

Also when dealing with Country Music and Depression we include consideration of some studies, risk factors and the existence of someone called 'Sam'.

PART TWO

• Music Therapy - in depth

• Lyric alteration

• Listening and discussing

• Improvisation

• Guided Imagery

• Group Performance

• Country Music Lyric Collage

• Country Music Chair Dance

• Country Music Karaoke

• Active Performance

• Memory Recall

• Lyrics

• Attention and focus

• Songwriting