{"id":120,"date":"2021-11-05T18:27:54","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T18:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/home-ed-in-a-shed.blog\/?p=120"},"modified":"2021-11-05T18:28:01","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T18:28:01","slug":"focus-on-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/home-ed-in-a-shed.blog\/?p=120","title":{"rendered":"Focus on Music"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hey Blog! My first \u201cFocus on\u201d week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Music is a diverse subject. It contains history (looking at &amp; listening to old instruments and music), geography (finding out about where composers come from), maths (time values), and finger skills. It also can help with concentration and calming down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I play the piano, an instrument designed <em>c<\/em>.1700. Before the piano, there were no keyboard instruments which sounded louder\/softer depending on how hard you pressed the keys. 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