By: Courtney Brochu
Science Behind the Music
Music affects your brain chemistry. We know that music can alter your mood and change how we feel in and about certain situations. We already know that listening to music increases the amount of the neurotransmitter dopamine, but we are starting to learn that it has a much bigger impact. In the last few decades,…
Music in the World: History of Music
Music is found in every culture, past and present. All of the people in the world have a form of music. The earliest forms of music were drums and percussion instruments because of the resources available in that time period. Most of these instruments were made out of wood, rocks, sticks, or from animals. Music…
Playing Musical Instruments
Scientists have found that the artistic and aesthetic aspects that come from learning to play an instrument are different from any other activity. Your memory can sharpen just by playing a musical instrument. It is shown to improve long-term memory and improve brain development if you start playing as a child. A study done at…
An Escape
Bob Marley once said, “One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.” There have been hundreds of times that I have been stressed, sad, or just needed a break of reality so I just put both my headphones in, lay in my bed, and close my eyes. Instantly I feel…
Promotes Togetherness
One thing I have never noticed before is that throughout many of the most important occasions in our lives there is always music being played. Music is played at graduations, weddings, and even funerals. There is something about music that seems to bring people together as a community on many different occasions. In the end,…
Energy – Improves Physical Performance
Believe it or not, music can actually improve your physical performance. In 2005, there was a study done in the UK and they found that listening to music during sports training or exercising can boost athletic performance by up to 20 percent. This added amount is approximately the same as if someone were to use…
Relaxation
In recent years meditation has increasingly becoming more common. People mediate to think deeply or focus the mind on a certain thing for a period of time. Some people do it for religious or spiritual purposes while others use it as a method of relaxation. Relaxation is a thing we could all use a little…
Sadness
Whenever I am in a bad mood or upset about something, I immediately pull up my sad playlist on apple music. I think we can all agree that this is something that almost everyone does when feeling down. Why do we do this? Does it help or make us feel better? Studies show that there…
Happiness
Listening to our favorite songs have physically shown to make us happy. It shows by the dilation of the pupils, an increase in blood pressure, faster pulse, and activation of areas of the brain involved in physical arousal. There was a study done by Montreal researchers where they made people listen to music and recorded…
Link Us to the Past
Music has the ability to remind us of things in our past. Any song or artist can take you back to a specific moment. It can also remind you of a specific person or place. It can bring back all different types of emotions depending on the type of connection you have with the song.…
Works Cited
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Welcome
Introduction Welcome to my music blog! The idea of this topic came from my love for music. I want to continue my knowledge of music as well as inform all of you. This blog is going to talk about how music affects us as individuals and the world around us. Each blog will focus on…
The World of Music 