Musical culture in the modern world is located on high degree of development.
Some individuals simply do not represent their life without being accompanied by their favorite composition in headphones.
General information
Is it true that music affects the world perception and psyche of a person?
Today it is known 17 main genres of music as well as hundreds of subgenres.
And each of them has its loyal listeners, lovers and fans. But why do people pay so much attention to music? AND how does it affect the brain?
Any composition has an emotional tone and mood. This may be an aggressive propoganda song or lyrics, but each will trigger a corresponding and expected response.
For example, participants in one experiment deciphered a neutral facial expression as sad or funny, depending on what kind of music they had listened to before.
This suggests that melodic compositions can change our view of the world and the things happening in it. The mental and physiological level of the organism is subject to the influence of music.
Perhaps the reason for the “violent reaction” of a person to music is historical background. Indeed, in ancient times, people used to identify sounds with signals of danger or safety, which means that genetically super-susceptibility to acoustic stimuli is genetically in humans.
It should be noted that any music, depending on the impact on a person, can be attributed to ergotropic or trophotropic.
- Ergotoropnaya or stimulating (major key, dotted rhythm, dissonances, sudden changes in melody, activity, shock pulsation). Such music provokes an increase in pulse and respiration, an increase in heart rate, muscle tone, skin irritation, an excited state, and pupil dilation.
- Trophotropic (minor key, consonance, low volume, no pronounced accents, smooth rhythm). Such compositions contribute to reducing pressure, slowing breathing and pulse, constriction of the pupils, relaxation of muscle fibers, immersion in the "near-meditative" state, calmness and peace.
How does music affect a person?
Classic
Psychologists believe that it is classical music that is most favorable for the human psyche.
It is able to relieve stress, relieve feelings of anxiety and anxiety, restore good mood and eliminate depression in mild form.
Young children who turn to classical music are developing more intellectually and creatively.
It was noted that the "Italian Concert" by Bach relieves a person from painful touchiness, and Tchaikovsky and Beethoven promote quality sleep.
Rock
At the first "acquaintance" rock music seems heavy, complex and aggressive. But this genre can have positive effect on the person.
So while listening to rock songs, brain activity increases, it becomes easier to cope with some tasks, and the reaction becomes lightning.
The positive influence of rock music also extends to the ability to memorize.
Negative impact is ambiguousAfter all, one group of people becomes more aggressive after listening to rock, while others on the contrary calm down. But in the presence of mental disorders, the music will only aggravate the situation.
Metal
Heavy music from heavy metal helps a person to survive crises.
This is especially true for adolescents in transitional age.
The fact is that while listening to such compositions, a person can allow yourself to experience vivid emotionswhich in everyday life are not available to him.
For example, a modest employee will not be able to insult the boss, looking him straight in the eye.
And he will suffer he inability to express his feelings. But when listening to metal negative and suppressed emotions sublimate.
But it is necessary to take into account the factor that the metal is able to “accelerate” the nervous system, provoking an increased excitability and irritability.
Hip-hop
Clear rhythm and beat, aggressive text and rebellious hip-hop spirit more responsive to the hearts of the younger generation.
In general, the music of this genre is not dangerous if a person does not perceive the text as a guide to action and a call for illegal activities.
However the rhythm of the music negative impact on human mental abilities. Simplified, short tact leads to the fact that a person unconsciously begins to think in short and simplified sentences, and also thinks quickly and superficially.
The monotony of rap can cause irritability and malice.
Pop
Pop music is having on man anti-stress effect.
A pleasant melody, which as if invites people to sing along, is able to resurrect pleasant images in the head and can become a conduit for positive thoughts.
But in contrast to its lightness, pop music has a severe effect on the brain person
With a more detailed and meticulous study of the situation, it becomes clear that because of pop music, listeners become stupid. Pop compositions contribute to the reduction of active zones in the brain, provoke impaired attention and concentration.
As a rule, pop music is simple enough for perception and a man listens to it as a backgroundwithout concentrating on the melody itself or the words.
As a result, attention is dissipated, and then problems with concentration extend to other noises, which the person translates into background mode.
Jazz
It is believed that jazz breaks spiritual harmony. The problem lies in the emotional pitch, which requires appropriate "differences" in melody, climax places, etc.
As a result of prolonged and frequent listening to jazz compositions, a person becomes emotionally unstable, sensitive and fixated on trifles.
Club
Club music - conductor of aggression. It is too fast, clear and rhythmic.
When listening to similar songs, the pulse quickens, thoughts get confused, and blood rushes to the face.
Person loses control of himselfand his condition approaches a state of slight turbidity or intoxication.
Church
Sacred music acts like pacifying component, which allows a person to refuse from extraneous, fleeting, random thoughts.
When listening to church works, people note that problems go into the background, and consciousness concentrates only on the current moment.
And for a long time after contact with spiritual music of thought abide as if in another dimensionwhere there is no desire to focus on trivia and trifles, and only major and topical issues are of interest.
Other genres
Any musical genre will have a positive impact on the emotional state, provided that music is pleasant to man.
So, the favorite composition in headphones will help brighten up the way to work, a heavy and aggressive melody will allow you to tune in to a serious and uncompromising conversation with an unpleasant neighbor, and a light tune will allow you to distract from the embarrassment that has arisen during a public fall.
The louder the musicwhich you listen to, the stronger its influence on the body and psyche. In this case, the background music in the speakers is mixed with other sounds and its effect is slightly “dissolved”.
But listening to music with headphones leads to the fact that the rhythm "hits right on target" on the nervous system, as it does not compete with other acoustic stimuli.
The use of melodies to treat and enhance mood
In today's world, music treatment is independent type of therapy.
Properly selected composition can relieve from stress and depression, as well as from psychosomatic diseases.
To feel the effect of listening, it is important to concentrate on the compositionand not just perceive it in the background.
Try hard avoid musicwhich is associated with some moments of life, especially if these memories have a negative color. You should not listen to those songs that contain text accompaniment in an unknown language.
Perhaps, despite the cheerful motive, the song is broadcasting something negative. It is better to start translating the song, and then decide how appropriate it is to lift the mood if necessary.
Music reduces pain, as it affects the pleasure centers and contributes to the development of "hormones of happiness", which in turn drown out the pain.
Positive effect music proven in the treatment of dementia, schizophrenia, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease. The positive influence of melodic compositions is also relevant in the correction of ischemia, as well as in panic attacks.
How to check the effect of a particular music on the body? How to find a melody that affects the psyche? For it costs listen to the track several times in a row immediately after waking up, until daytime events and worries had time to affect the mood.
After 4-6 days of the experiment, by observation we get reveal a general trend. After all, positive and light music can be associated with parting and provoke sadness.
And heavy compositions can have an invigorating effect in moments of fatigue. It is important to find out exactly how the nervous system responds to one or another genre, or even single songs.
With the help of music, you can create a "parallel world", which allows you to resurrect inside a pleasant feeling.
Music, which sounded as a background during a romantic night walk, an amazing adventure or a journey, is associated with positive emotions and can cheer up.
Music is not just an acoustic irritant. In each separately taken composition there is a sense and a certain promise, mood and emotions of the performer.
All this turns a piece of music into a kind of “flash drive” with which you can connect to the energy source of an individual who is the author of this composition.
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