Music and Its Effects on Societies Emotions
Music and Its effects on Societies Emotions
Intro:
What do you feel when you hear a rapid drum beat? Or even the shivering sound of the low hum of a bagpipe? We all probably at one time turned on music to lift our spirits from a sad time in our life or even just to amp up our attitude even farther from a joyous occasion. What is it in music that causes different emotions to come out and affect our attitude? Well that’s a question that is still being researched but we have somewhat of a understanding of it. Then we’ll take a look at three specific genres. Rock, folklore, and classical.
1.) Music and the Brain. A.) Music is processed in the right hemisphere of the brain * There are different neurons that respond according to what kind of music is playing. Music can effect hormones, encourage the production of cortisol, testosterone, and oxytocin. Music can even trigger a release of endorphins. (EvolutionEzine.com) * B.) The Mozart Effect * University of California-Irvine did a test study of where they took three college groups. The first group was assigned to listen to Mozart’s sonata for Two Pianos in D Major. The second group listened to just relaxing music while the third group didn’t listen to anything * After listening to music, the groups took a Stanford-Beinet reasoning test, and the groups who had listened to music had a higher score then the non-music group did. C.) Benefits of Music affecting the Brain * Build new neural pathway growth – increase in your brain power * Balance the brain’s electrical activity – whole brain functioning * Improves your memory
2.) Rock n’ Roll Music and Emotions A.) A popular Genre that made it appearance strongly in the 1950’s B.) Mainly focus revolved around the electric guitar with surrounding sounds and beats by the drums and bass guitar. C.) Effects of rock 1.) Sends your emotions on a roller coaster of highs and lows where one second you’re
Intro:
What do you feel when you hear a rapid drum beat? Or even the shivering sound of the low hum of a bagpipe? We all probably at one time turned on music to lift our spirits from a sad time in our life or even just to amp up our attitude even farther from a joyous occasion. What is it in music that causes different emotions to come out and affect our attitude? Well that’s a question that is still being researched but we have somewhat of a understanding of it. Then we’ll take a look at three specific genres. Rock, folklore, and classical.
1.) Music and the Brain. A.) Music is processed in the right hemisphere of the brain * There are different neurons that respond according to what kind of music is playing. Music can effect hormones, encourage the production of cortisol, testosterone, and oxytocin. Music can even trigger a release of endorphins. (EvolutionEzine.com) * B.) The Mozart Effect * University of California-Irvine did a test study of where they took three college groups. The first group was assigned to listen to Mozart’s sonata for Two Pianos in D Major. The second group listened to just relaxing music while the third group didn’t listen to anything * After listening to music, the groups took a Stanford-Beinet reasoning test, and the groups who had listened to music had a higher score then the non-music group did. C.) Benefits of Music affecting the Brain * Build new neural pathway growth – increase in your brain power * Balance the brain’s electrical activity – whole brain functioning * Improves your memory
2.) Rock n’ Roll Music and Emotions A.) A popular Genre that made it appearance strongly in the 1950’s B.) Mainly focus revolved around the electric guitar with surrounding sounds and beats by the drums and bass guitar. C.) Effects of rock 1.) Sends your emotions on a roller coaster of highs and lows where one second you’re
Cited: http://www.emedexpert.com/tips/music.shtml Hit Parader, Feb., 1978, p.24