Have you ever wondered why listening to music makes you feel a
certain way? A feeling that you’ve never been able to full describe? A feeling that intrigues the mind, calms the soul, and entices the ears? I'd like to say I know that feeling pretty well. And I would be willing to bet most of the world knows that feeling. In fact, that feeling is the very reason music was not left in the dust hundreds of years ago as just a passing phase; it means something to people. And not only that, but it has been proven to have cognitive effects, and lots of them; but why? And How? Some of the greatest minds of our time have pondered that very question, and while the proof is there in the music itself, in the notes, the vibrations, the frequencies, the way the ear functions, how the brain processes what we hear, ect., there seems to be no true explanation to the powerful influence of music on humans; it has just simply worked.
As a musician and pianist, I feel it is my duty to inform my fellow classmates (as well as whoever else this draws in) on those benefits music provides, often so subtly they go unnoticed. So therefore, this blog will purely be about how music changes how we think, how we act, our moods, how music relates to many mental illnesses, and above all, how music advances the brain to a superior level. This is important stuff, guys. Let me put it this way: if music had been properly implemented into education systems around the world thirty years ago (or at any time, really), humans would be significantly more intelligent today than we are in reality. We have the power to change the future.
Heyo. I was wondering: are there any songs that you react to strongly emotionally? I know everyone has their particular tastes and blah blah blah, but are there songs that just kind of hit you in the gut?
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Look for my response to your first question in my next post. I would really like to go into detail here, but it would be too long for the comments section. Short answer: yes, there are dozens and dozens of songs that I have to stop what I'm doing while listening to them because they evoke feelings within me that I couldn't get from anything else. Regarding synesthesia; honestly, it never came up in my research, and I don't really consider that and how music can benefit the brain as similar topics, because while synesthesia (to my belief, since I didn't research it at all I'm not too familiar with it) is something that people are born with and can't really be controlled, while what I'm focusing on is more about the controlled use of music in an educational environment. Hope that helps!
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