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In order for Berard AIT devices to produce the most effective output, the music used must have certain characteristics and qualities. Dr. Berard and Mr. Bill Clark discussed the criteria for selecting music in the early 1990’s. Mr. Clark developed the first list of appropriate music based on this criterion. Music used for Berard AIT should include a wide range of frequencies and have a lively tempo with fairly consistent volume throughout the song. Periods of low volume will not provide sufficient signal to the device, or will require constant adjustments with the input control. It is also important to avoid a predominance of low frequencies. Songs that have a slow start or gradual fade out at the end are also not appropriate since we want as much active training time as possible during the duration of each song. Much of our contemporary music does not meet this criterion. MP3 music is also not appropriate since the higher and lower frequency ranges have been deleted in the condensed music file.
Recently, Mr. Clark, evaluated 65 CDs from practitioners who thought the music would likely be suitable for AIT. Out of the 65 CDs evaluated, there were 48 CDs with some tracks acceptable for AIT. In order to increase the number of songs available, Mr. Clark identified all tracks on the CDs that were appropriate. Thus, the whole CD was not rejected if there were at least 4 songs that would be suitable for use. This does mean that the practitioner must program their CD player to select the identified tracks rather than using the Random Play or Shuffle mode. Since only about half of the tracks on these CDs are acceptable, using Random Play will likely result in rejected tracks being played inadvertently. There are a total of 313 new tracks that practitioners can use. The lyrics of the songs were not evaluated. It is the responsibility of the practitioner to select and use music appropriately.
Mr. Clark emphasized that observing the trigger light is not an effective way to evaluate music. The music may trigger, but there may be too much bass or it may be insufficient in the higher frequencies. When I was reviewing the music accepted and rejected by Mr. Clark, I noticed that some of the rejected songs triggered the device well and sounded good to the ear. However, I know that through Mr. Clark’s evaluation, there were some criteria missing. It is strongly recommended that practitioners do not attempt to choose music by listening and observing the trigger light. There is much more involved in selecting appropriate music than this. Mr. Clark uses sophisticated and expensive electronic equipment to analyze the music.
Mr. Clark deserves many thanks and recognition for volunteering his expertise and for the many hours of work he put into this.
By: Sally Brockett, M.S. Director, IDEA Training Center
Berard AIT Instructor/PractitionerMay 21, 2006
