Who doesn’t know Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, J.S Bach, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Chopin, and many of the greatest classical music composers? Most of us immediately reminded of them when someone is talking about classical music, considering their role as a classical music composer. Many people especially the teenagers in this generation, believe that classical music is for the old and elite because we often hear classical music played at our grandparent’s houses as they fall asleep in their recliners. Even though, the sounds of classical music we listen to can have a calming effect and help control attention, learning, and emotional responses. Listening to classical music can also lower your body’s stress response and result in an overall happier mood.
Over the centuries, classical music has transformed itself into building blocks, setting the framework for all kinds of musicians today. Many studies even show that music, especially learning or listening to classical music can have a variety of extraordinary benefits for our bodies.
- Boost Memory
According to a new study, listening to classical music especially to Mozart repertoire can give your brain a boost, specifically to improve your memory. Mozart’s repertoire consists of a beat speed of approximately 60 beats/minute. This speed can stimulate the works of the left and right sides of the brain, therefore the works of the brain could accept many of the information.
- Decrease Blood Pressure
Some study stated that the calming effects on classical music on the brain could stimulate the productions of nitrous oxide (NO), which can improve physiological and psychological health and can help reduce anxiety, stress, depression, that could lead us to hypertension.
- Makes you smarter
Some studies suggest that listening to classical music is believed to improve the brain’s spatial and cognitive understanding of how information can fit into space. Classical music is also believed to create a more relaxed and focused environment that makes our brains conducive to thinking.
Besides the beautiful harmony of its music, classical music has lots of benefits for our health. By listening to classical music, it could help us reduce or relieves the stress, anxiety, and the most important thing, listening to classical music could organize our heart and mind, so we will feel more stable emotionally so that we could avoid depression. There are many repertoires that the composer made, so we are all having many references to hear our preference in classical music.
References:
https://www.minuteschool.com/2017/08/the-importance-of-classical-music-in-a-modern-world/
https://takelessons.com/blog/benefits-of-listening-to-classical-music-z15
https://takelessons.com/blog/benefits-of-listening-to-classical-music-z15
https://www.wellthy.care/can-classical-music-help-to-reduce-high-blood-pressure/
https://www.ahealthiermichigan.org/2019/06/26/the-health-benefits-of-classical-music/
Author: Prajnadiva Maheswari Wisantoko | Student of International Undergraduate Program-2020
