Summary: This article talks about how a group of volunteer guitar teachers called "Six String Heroes" teach veterans how to play guitar. What they do is called recreational therapy not music therapy, although they say it mirrors what music therapy does. It helps veterans focus on what to play instead of focusing on what they went trough during their time in the war or what has happened to them like losing a leg or causing brain trauma.
Analysis: From this article you can see learning a guitar can influence a "cure" to veterans that had to go through the horrible things that happen in war and go through the agony of having lost a limb or just the sickness of waking up to the remembrance of a tragic event that happened while in the war.
Reflection Question: If the power of learning a guitar can help a veteran get his mind off of what happened during war. Which other type of people with problems can it help?
Citations: Gregorian, C. (2011, July 14). Six string heroes. Retrieved from http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-article-display?id=SFL2086-0-4692&artno=0000316089&type=ART&shfilter=U&key=guitar&title=Six String Heroes&res=N&re
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