Why music matters. I find this to be a complex yet compelling topic to write about as it can be overwhelming to cover it to its fullest, so we are only scratching the surface with this essay.
Thus I took the privilege of finding articles and studies done of why music matters today in our culture and what are its benefits to the people who listen to it and what influence them to listen to the type of music they listen to,is mood a decider or does it depends on what part of culture your are from, and the most important question to ask, is all music that you listen to good for you, as we are going o find out in the numerous studies done by prestigious universities and have found compelling results of how music affects the brain and its positive interaction to heal the mind and soul from the many circumstances that involves our busy stressful lives that we live. So this report is here to enlighten us about the choices we have to make in Odder to reap the full benefits that music provides. As one article written by Dry. Phil emphasizes that,the lack of music in one s life has unhealthy consequences,also noting that not all music is good for you,Like “Junk music is as bad as Junk food”. The Arthur also implies that not everyone reacts the same way in their music experience. As the prominent Dry.
Phil puts it, “The body is neurologically nourished by music, much like a natural diet builds ones health”. He states that music therapy helps not Just the brain, but from immunity,muscle digestion and many other bodily functions as well, and thus music is a liberator of reducing stress hormone and helping many people in their mental and emotional brain,so listening to music can help fight and prevent many preventable illnesses caused by not only fatigue but also stress. Parents and society should care and take notice of what type of music hat is being played all around them and their children alike. Studies and research done like the one by Dry. Phil, has not caught the public eye for many reasons. En reason being that people not getting educated enough about the benefits of music, another reason is parents leaving it to the media and entertainment industries to choose the type of music that their children listen to, where as the music that they play in media has no significant quality about it, but Just a lot of nonsense spoken over a beat of music that seems to be attractive to a lot of young people, thus this stake left unnoticed leaves a wide gap that hasn’t been filled by any quality and benefiting music so the cycle of inadequate balance of feeding the mind with relaxing and soothing sounds,continues without anyone addressing it.
As Belle Copper wrote in one of her studies, “Music is such a big part of our lives ,and we react to it in many ways without even realizing. “Thus we are only scratching the surface on this issue,of how music affects many different areas of the brain,as one interesting study show that,”happy/sad music affect how we see neutral faces. “Nonetheless she goes on further explaining that there are different type of motion that leaves an effect on us, one being perceived emotion and felt emotions. This states that any type of music we listen to falls into this two categories in our mind thus identifying in us either a feeling of Joy or sadness as we feel it through the music itself, thus understanding the emotions of it. T identifies with some Why music matters By monomania explains that “unlike in real life situations, we don’t feel any real threat or danger when listening to music, so we can perceive the related emotions without truly feeling them-almost like vicarious emotion. “listening to a variety of music can expand our mind to its full potential,as a Belle states that anew study done show that, “a moderate noise level is the sweet spot for creativity, even more than low noise levels,ambient noise apparently gets our creative Juices flowing , and doesn’t put us off the way high levels of noise do. “This is not saying that high tempo music is bad, but it kind of depends on what activity you are planning to do. For the type of music we listen to on a regular bases can predict what type of personality we are going to have.
A study done used five personality traits for a test, looking at peoples top ten favorite songs can actually provide a fairly reliable prediction as to the listeners personality traits,from openness to experience,extroversion,agreeableness, conscientiousness and emotional stability. According to a study conducted at heritor- Watt University,they broke down how the different genres of music corresponds to our personality: “Blues fans have high self esteem,are creative, outgoingџentitle and at ease. Jazz fans have high self esteem are creative, outgoing and at ease. Classical music fans have high self esteem, are creative,introverts,and at ease. Rap fans have high self esteem and are outgoing. Opera fans have high self esteem ,are creative and gentle. Country and western fans are hardworking and outgoing. Reggae fans have high self esteem, are creative,not hard working, outgoing,gentle and at ease. Once fans are creative and outgoing but not gentle. Linden fans have low self esteem, are creative,not hard working ,and not gentle. Plywood fans are creative and outgoing . Rock/heavy metal fans have low self esteem,are creative,not hard working ,not outgoing, gentle and at ease. Chart pop fans have high self esteem, are hard working , outgoing and gentle ,but are not creative and at ease. A now famous study done by Earaches and Shaw a group of researchers , coined the term “The Mozart effect”which advocates that improved spatial reasoning skills is gained in a group of collage students who listened to 10 minutes of Mozart piano sonata prior to being tested have done better in those tests.
Why music matters by researchers like Frances earaches and Gordon Shaw, reminds us of why listening to music is important not Just for the listener but also for their children also. As their research they have come to find come to find a link between mathematics and reading and owe music affects the brain and helps it learn more faster in its mental processing that include the attention of working memory comprehending and producing language calculating,reasoning ,problem solving and decision making as well. In conclusion,Music is not Just for the fans of that particular type of music, or Just for the oldies who grew up listening to it, but its for all level of education and has immense worth.
