Magic of music: 102-year-old’s memory triggered by piano
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ก.ย. 2017
- The memory of a 102-year-old woman with dementia is triggered by playing a piano every day.
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She looks incredible for 102, wtf.
My great grandmother would be as healthy as her if she didn’t break her hip
@@c00kiec18 i-
She is beautiful! No meds.....amazing.
@EastEndery Crude, but straight facts
ik she only looks 80
-“Can you play ‘Take Me Out to the Ballgame?’”
-“I think so.”
*Immediately nails it by memory*
Thanks for the repeat of what we just watched..anymore profound insights ? SMH
@@robertwadas salty much..
@@marlieken.3075 Sassy...lol
Lol right? For every request she's prob like "idk maybe I know it"
@@robertwadas gosh who spit in your bean curd
She has been playing the piano for almost 100 years..
Let’s just all take a moment to respect that!!
She died in 2019
@@scurly0792 one minute of silence for her
So about 98 years of piano then.. Wow
..atleast she didnt have to go through the hell 2020-2022 has been
She started at 2 or something?
@@0b100 she started at the age of 6, it’s said in the video..
I like how, since she had been playing piano so much, her muscles acted as her memory
cuz that's called muscle memory.
@@atlanticpublishing4939 muscle memory isn't a real thing 🤦
@@levering5639 He's a bit confused but he's got the spirit
@@levering5639 ?
@@levering5639 Yes, it's a colloquial term. What you're thinking of is _procedural memory._ Habits become subconscious and automatic. Procedural memory is very stable over time.
They need to tune that piano ...those older people deserve better.
baritonebynight
I think the TV company should step in and buy a new one!!!!!!!
Christine Thornhill I think you're absolutely right.
baritonebynight why does the piano need to be tuned? I think it sounded good
same here
ZeldaACFan17 Are you serious?The piano is out of tune.
Dementia does not affect language.
Music is a language.
It isn’t
@@bentwomey4016 it is
@@RG-qc7dh ok I dc
@@bentwomey4016 you cared enough to reply lol
Music is language.
Imagine being able to say you've played an instrument for 100 years. It's like, so beyond being a professional especially if you play consistently
“I’d call it a treat, but usually a treat you don’t have to so much time, so it’s a privilege”
Dang that’s a powerful quote
I just hope they tune that piano.
Rob Hoffman she’s dead now
Biffy The cat how do you know?
wait WHAT!?
Rob Hoffman no need to tune the piano, she isn't around to play it anymore.
Blaž Bohinc she is dead ?
How?
Nani!?
She is so full of life
Krynek really
Actually she's a shitload more full of death.
"edgy" says the kid who's username is demonetized
not for long
That sad
Wonderful! Every child should be taught to play an instrument, it’s a gift for a lifetime.
My mom gave me piano lessons when I was a kid but my piano teacher quit giving lessons (not because of me I promise lol) so I didn’t get to learn to play well from a kid. I then somewhat learned as a senior in high school but I imagine it would have been much easier to learn as a kid. But I also know how to play flute because I started in 6th grade and also started playing piccolo sometime in high school. I haven’t played in a while though.
I really wish I had known what music really meant to me when I was young. I played piano and trombone, but I wish I could’ve gone further with them. I just bought a MIDI keyboard and I’m trying to get back into it but it’s not as easy to learn new things when I’m older.
@Feldweebel Akhowski It's never too late to play!
@@GayLuigi333 If you want, you should definitely try playing again. It's never too late to play either. :)
@@lugnut59omg same i have a keyboard when i was a kid and all i did was just randomly play the keyboard and making random sounds, i wished i asked to get a keyboard lesson.. now its so hard to learn instruments in high school. i have to pick between the importance of the school or the instrument 🥲🥲 i kinda regret that i dont have any talent ive worked on since i was a kid
When you're playing something that you've played a lot, it almost feels like the memory is in your fingers
I think this is called muscle memory. It's like with writing, you don't really have to think about it anymore
Like driving a manual car. We get places without even thinking or knowing how.
I taught piano to a lady who was 92 or 93 at the time. She didn't have dementia, but it was fascinating to see her recall songs she played back in the 40s without any sheets or prompting. Just pure memory and love.
markwest1987 thats so cool
That's really sweet, you're a good guy mark!
markwest1987
If she was born in the 40 s and we are in 2018 then she could only be 78
Gracie Ash-Hill could it mean 40s as in her forties?
Gracie Ash-Hill he just said that the lady played piano in the 40s so by that time she could have been 20yrs old, as mark didn't specify when she was born.
if she's still alive and playing piano in 2020 this year, then she would be playing piano for almost an entire century.
Sadly she died
@@ANPBand-nb8en noooo
It is very likely that she died already. Otherwise she would be already 105 years old. No matter how much we would crave for such a loving spirit to live further, life can only stretch sadly so long. Let’s hope that her family didn’t suffer with her passing, and that she make it graciously and heavenly as she played the piano.
It would be a century. How did you guys find out she died?
@@ANPBand-nb8en Beethoven himself is here
My mother was a church pianist for over 50 years and even though she had advanced dementia, it was absolutely amazing to hear her playing the piano in the middle of the night. I would lay in bed and listen as she seamlessly played snippets of Amazing Grace, How Great Thou Art and The Old Rugged Cross mixed with Oh Danny Boy, You Are My Sunshine and She’ll Be Coming Around the Mountain When She Comes. All from memory and with her own special flair. Oh how I treasured those moments!
❤❤❤
in the middle of the night! love it!
How is this even possible? I've heard of many such cases - advanced dementia, can't remember his name, but plays the piano from memory.
Is there a special indestructible place in the brain for music?
music is not stored as other memories are. So its the connections that wear out losing the memory link to any other so its forgotten but music has an entirely separate means perhaps because its audio and the brain processes light perception and audio perception independently of other types of information. For example in cats, they have whiskers connected to the same area as the eyes so even a blind cat can sense objects to a lesser amount this is related to their hunting in the dark; it might give a clue on music in humans being more reliable also.@@userpanx
That's very sweet.
This is why I love music, it's a gift to everyone and once you learn it you can never get rid of it. It's a life long skill no matter how old you are
Imagine forgeting everything and then someone comes up and says: "Do you remember you can play the piano?" And you say: "No."
Then you sit at one and your hands just suddenly know what to do. It must be an absolutelly magical experience
That happens to me when I try to remember a song to play on my guitar and then suddenly my hands are like:" i got your back just strum".And the best part is I dont even know what notes I'm playing but still its correct
@@aswinsrajesh5960 Omg, yeahhhh!!! I did a solo concert once, and I didn't memorize the song, I didn't know the notes, it just came out naturally from my violin, it was amazing
@ muscle memory is quite helpful when I start blanking in the middle of a piece. I start panicking, but it still kinda works....
That describes my Mom at 93..She didn't know who I was,her daughter,but she could still play the piano very well.
@@carmenwagner153 wow that's beautiful. How is she
I am 74 and have already quit playing. God bless her.
Degenerative Arthritis in my hands.
Nexar41834 I hope u get better :)
Nexar41834 you're my grandma's sister's age!!!!
Nexar41834 and you are watching TH-cam? Good for you! My 40 year old uncle doesn’t even known what TH-cam is.
Nexar41834 Perhaps taking up piano again will help you keep your hands from freezing up. I don't have arthritis, but, I find that playing my cello helps with stiffness.
Music is a language, and can do wonders. Right before my Grandmother passed with dementia, my Mom played old 33 records from the 40's/50's and my Grandmother knew all the words and sung along. Alzheimer's and dementia can steal a lot, but not music memories.
Our Mom passed a few years ago in her 105th year. Up until she was on her 90s she would take a bud and go to nursing homes to play piano. I witness incredible transformations in residents that had been in a near vegetative state. MUSIC IS INIVERSAL, MUSIC IS LOVE. 😀
This is beautiful I hope they request happy birthday on her birthday
Gamer2345679 She is though.
Christopher Edwards how do you know??:(
@@LoneVII7 how do U know?
can she play africa by toto
BigSmokeVEVO Lmao
she’s dead
Abigail Parisius Lmao
BigSmokeVEVO I can
I bless the rains down in Africa
This wonderful woman reminds me so much of my great grandma, who passed probably 9-10 years ago. I think she was 98 at the time.. She used to sing "You Are My Sunshine" to me as a little kid, it's one of the fondest memories I have. Hearing this incredible woman play that song really just warmed my heart :)
This is so heartwarming. My mom was also a lifelong pianist and retained her musical skills after dementia ravaged her. She couldn’t remember anything or read music anymore, but she could play almost any song flawlessly by ear. Eventually she started playing for the staff and other residents during mealtimes at her care facility, and I felt it was comforting to her to know she still had purpose. The contrast between her abilities when at the piano and when not at the piano was astounding. Only music could unlock her from dementia.
I had a great grandmother who played piano in silent cinemas back in the day, she had severe dementia and couldn’t recognize her own daughter but she could play the piano (mostly rag time) till the day she died. She remembered many songs and her at that piano was the most vivacious and lucid as I can remember her
pathologicaldoubt I love ragtime,i bet she was really good.
often times people are put there because their relatives can't afford to care for them
@@danielapr787 Same I really love ragtime, that was great!
My greatgrandpa played his Harmonika till the very end. Lovable to watch/listen
That is awesome. Do you know the names of any films she played to?
Since I’ve started playing at 50 yrs of age… My anxiety has almost disappeared. I noticed it from day one of playing. I never played a instrument until recently. I’m amazed I can play.
Paul Jordan I started at 47! I am addicted and so happy
RonnieD1970 I felel the same.
That’s amazing...I’m studying to be a therapist, and with all the statistics and research-backed treatments and psychology, I truly appreciate finding these little magical moments that clinicians who follow strictly by facts and evidence may otherwise miss. I hope I will be able to recall and share with my future clients amazing miracles like this to inspire them every day.
Womderful!
@@clarissac5922 Keep going young fella, I am 60 and just started learning the piano this year. I wish I had done it when I was 4, don't stop.
This grandma is more beautiful than the notes on piano. Long live happily grandma, lots of love to you from India.
My grandmother was a professional.opera and Broadway singer. Towards the end the only way we could really communicate and spend time together was me playing songs on the piano and her singing them. She had no idea who anyone was anymore, but knew every lyric and every note to every song she ever sang.
Such a sweet story!
Canada takes good care of their elderly.
I wish the USA would do the same
My great grandfather still plays organ and piano at his assisted living center. And he still calls us and sings happy birthday every year. It’s amazing what music can do for the mind.
How are you doing today my name is Eric moore
@V Pipe lol
@V Pipe what
@V Pipe don't start with me dear
Music is the medicine for a long and happy life. I love listening to classics.
Florence Vigod passed away in 2019 in Thornhill, Ontario.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Wonderful story, about this 102-year-old woman! My mother ended up getting Alzheimer’s, and she passed away at the age of 83. The family put her in a nursing home for a little while, and I remember going and visiting her there, when they had this band I think it was come in and play and sing songs for the residence… I remember my mother lighting up and singing along! She seemed so happy and so alive!!!! I will never forget that! Way to go, Mom!!! It also made me very happy and want to dance and sing along!
It's only my third year on piano lessons but I've fallen in love with it and with music in general. I'm alert of people with dementia and this video brought tears to my eyes I don't know why.
Alonzo Rivera I only go to circuses without animals. Playing such a vivace playful repertoire for acrobats etc is a very fun way to share your passion! Good luck! I started piano lessons at the age of 18, just one year older than you:)
MarsLos10 awww I love this comment. I’m only one year into piano but I don’t love it as much as my art. I hope you will forever enjoy music!
Alonzo Rivera Oh yeah! When we played and performed music in a old people’s home (not sure what its called but elders are taken care of there , sorry I have bad memory so that’s why I can think of words sometimes ) A kid played Entertainer and it sounded like the Mario theme song. I didn’t know about the song until he preformed. :D I mean’t performed* oops
Waffles Panda thank you! 😁
MarsLos10 Oh its no problem ! ^_^
My grandpa also has dementia and he plays the guitar everyday
If you play an instrument for a long time, you just don't forget - your muscles will remember
This is really heartwarming
Music is stored in your long term memory bank. It's amazing what they can recall in relation to music. I used to work at a nursing home and we had a choir program. Those with severe Alzheimer's even participated. Once the music started, the words came out. Wonderful memories!
Just goes to show that the memories aren't gone, just the access to them
My grandma, who had Alzheimer's, was a very talented pianist. In the late stages of her disease, she was still able to remember and play various songs on the piano. Music is literally, a cure.
🌿🌺🌿. This Lady is a joy to behold ! 🌿🌺🌿
I hope she is still with us , heaven can wait for this angel .
Christine Thornhill unfortunately she died..
Michael Pruden
Oh , Michael , I had no idea . Thank you for telling me .
Taylor Swift she was 102 what do you think
@@maskedmagician5620 thats so sad Michael but a wonderful lady who hopefully had a wonderful life..did she make her 103 birthday? H7gs to her family from Western Australia in 2021
@@jennyc5132 according to Google, she died in April of 2019
These stories are so precious! My aunt died from Alzheimer's but had been an accomplished pianist and piano teacher. She was no where's near 103!
Grandma had played too!
I loved caring for the elderly in my younger days. They have so much to offer and these 2 stories prove it!
Thank you for sharing.
What a touching story and a pure soul. I wish I could’ve met her.
She reminds me of my great grandma. She passed last year at 103 but she always played piano. I play piano and every time I play it keeps a part of her with me.
102 year old still walking without a cane and playing the piano with such accuracy and tempo and so full of life. I really hope I can do such things when I am 102, if I could even live that long.
Wow imagine playing piano for 96 years!
Seems like something you would hear in a fantasy movie!
so i’m watching this is 2022 and i was like “oh this is so sweet!!” i then realized i should check when this was posted and when i saw it was posted 5 years ago my heart just shattered. i’m sorry if i assumed wrong but still. ❤️❤️
I think she's doing well, well, really hope. If she is alive shes coming on to 107 this year!
She died in 2019
@@Ramizard Ohh no!!
I love how music is such a part of being alive that you don’t need all your memories or awareness to enjoy it. My 87 year old grandmother had Alzheimer’s, but even when she couldn’t speak anymore, she still hummed along when I played Silent Night for her. Music is a wonderful thing
My mother inlaw was 105, still giving concerts! It was epic anytime she played.
How are you doing today my name is Eric moore
My grandmother has dementia and every year its... hard. But we recently found that taking her out "waterfall hunting" something she did every chance she got has brought a lot of life back into her. She cant remember new things for more then an hour but she remembers every single name of her beloved waterfalls when we visit an after we visit them, shes so happy and she remembers the whole event for nearly a whole day afterwards. So every slow step is worth it, memory can be such a bazar thing.
This is amazing, like seriously! I'm 23 and play piano, and seeing her in that zone is simply heart-warming. TwoSet needs to see this!
multiply 6 * 8
@@rudyiraheta80 So you're 48?
@@Dorian-lt5jb no
Yes they do, pianist as well and this brought tears to my eyes
She's been playing piano for 96 years! That's more than four times my life!
Its all about that Muscle memory 😏 (I'm a piano player too. If I forgot how to play a song in my head. My fingers do all the work)
Terra Storm - I do that with computer passwords. I can’t tell you my work pc password to save my life, but once I put my hands on the keyboard it all just comes right from my fingers!
Bing cartoni animati
@@richerDiLefto Me too! I don't look at the keyboard when I create my password and it's random key mashing. But I remember the muscle memory.
You still have to remember it a little bit though - but “muscle memory” makes it full
My grandpa was a well known Irish Tenor and he would break out in song often as his dementia got worse. He never missed being in the Christmas Choir at the Basilica. The classic hymns never change...❤️
Hi
You are perfect just the way you are.i appropriate you.
Bless her heart. What a wonderful thing to still be able to do and it’s obvious from her smile that she loves every minute of playing the piano.
When the ladies started dancing my heart just became so happy!
My grandfather had alzheimer and I remember at a wedding he started dancing when the music started. It won't mean much now but we were all happy of it at the time:)
How are you doing today my name is Eric moore
Beautiful! Florence is a treasure! My older brother has dementia at 58, and often cant remember things that happened five minutes ago, but he remembers all kinds of things from when we were kids, and can still play the guitar.
she reminds me of my great grandmother who had dementia, she was such a nice lady wish I had gotten to see her more often
Playing piano simultaneously engages 3 separate parts of the brain spatial reasoning, language, and emotion all linked into muscle memory. So it's not just a platitude Music the Universal language.
The Notebook ❤️
daemon sS she is dead now
+Biffy The cat really? How do u know?
Exactly what I thought
I KNOW RIGHT????
I love that movie
Wow.
Her smile is so bright! It's brightened my day!
Absolutely Precious! What a wonderful presence... Thank you!
What an inspiration she is to a Philippine pianist who will be 102 years old in 26 years. BRAVO.......and THANK YOU for sharing!
Music and Memory...here in NYC. Music evokes so much. And it never leaves you...
How are you doing today my name is Eric moore
Hello Cynthia 👋😊
Bless her heart over & over again!♥️
Beautiful lady. Such a gifted person.
Wow I work in a piano factory and this warms my heart ❣
What a lovely soul
Hana I love the sound of the piano .... just wish I had one to play
yo did a piano ever fall on somebody at ur work i need to know
Me: 21 years old
Also me: forget what my breakfast was this morning
That was me since 11 lol
@V Pipe I have never had a single drug in my life (and very VERY few times with medicine drugs) also I am mentally fine.. It is just my brain doesn't see it as important to remember
@V Pipe that’s a weird thing to assume of some stranger on the internet because they don’t remember something inconsequential in their life.
dam
Same
This is so very special! So hard to see the struggle, but also the beauty that music can bring in every decade!
That’s so sweet! She seems like an amazing and super sweet lady
I have a grandmother with dementia, and it makes me so happy that there's someone out there who isn't completely ruined by it.
Music is a world within itself and a language we all understand
Ethan Quinn I like all kinds of different instruments. From popular instruments like the piano to lesser known instruments like ocarinas, I like the sounds of instruments like those two and want to learn how to play them. I have ocarinas of my own that I really like. Ocarinas are unique wind instruments similar to recorders. They come in all different shapes and sizes, from tiny necklace ocarinas to huge bass ocarinas! Ocarinas were made popular by The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, an adventure game released in 1998 by Nintendo. Ocarina of Time is said to be “the best video game of all time,” because of how well the game’s mechanics and story are crafted. Everything from the dialogues to the boss battles is so great that people have developed Zelda obsessions, including myself. I have a Master Sword, a Hylian Shield, and a Link costume, as well as a very nice Ocarina of Time from STL Ocarina of St. Louis, Missouri. I also have Zelda games (Obviously!), Zelda posters, and even Zelda clothes!
I truly believe music and binary code are the only two perfect languages.
With an equal opportunity for all to sing, dance, and clap their hands...
Only the real ones get this reference
I knew a older woman to who was dement. She also could all notes, songs, play her piano. She did not remember anything else.. She was very happy and could sit play sing long time
This is so amazing :) Much love, stay active and strong :)
Bless her heart....I hope 2 years later she is still playing the piano , wherever the piano is sitting 💓
This is amazing! Her piano playing makes me feel just happy and peaceful.
So heartwarming. Bless her heart and soul. ❤️❤️❤️
Wow! Although she is very old but her passion in music is truly inspiring. Bravo! 👍👍👍👏👏👏
The subconscious and muscle memory are fascinating
ikr, it's amazing
That was just a beautiful thing to see. God bless her.
What an AMAZING video!
Very moving!
Oh my gosh, you can tell she's got such a glowing personality even through losing her memory and all the years it just shines through, beautiful ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ amazing
You've got all the right moves.Your charm is genuinely irresistible
Wow that’s amazing! Great for the others around her as well , bless her 😘
How are you doing today my name is Eric moore
She is adorable...😱💖😭
My great grandma past away about a year ago at the age of 95. She had dementia and really only remembered her son and me. This video is absolutely adorable
She's so inspirational 🥺
She’s amazing and full of hope
She is such a granny, She is so adorable, it’s amazing
Thank you for sharing. Inspiring. Blessings in plenty
She's so sweet. I hope she's still around. I love our older folks. We need to treasure them.
Right now she’s 105. What a inspired piano player!
she looks so happy
i wanna be like her
Such a beautiful lady. Lovely playing. Bless you love you loads X
I used to play music in nursing homes and my greatest joy was seeing how much the residents enjoyed it.
Oh my word!!! She is the sweetest!!! I am a nurse & have always loved patients with Alzheimers/dementia 💜
I needed to see this today, so heart warming :)
Hope that she's okay and well,love her
Oh what a joy she'd be in person. May more years and musical notes to her.
This is so beautiful God bless her and her family
I love her. My grandma is just like her.
"Her eyesight is still bright!"
~20 seconds later
"Her eyesight isn't great"
What a precious lady!