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Old 11-14-2008, 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Chicory View Post
Concerning music, playing the piano, and Parkinson's, watch this :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nnLT...eature=related
Oliver Sacks talks about music therapy and Parkinson's and tells about a woman with advanced Parkinson's who could still play the piano.
I saw this video. It's very interesting. She's completely imobile until she hears Chopin's Fantasy, which is really a nice piece. I happened to be learning the piece right now. It's not easy, but I'm getting through it slowly.

John
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