How Music Affects Our Mood

Music and Moods

Has a song ever came on the radio and it brings back memories of a certain day, place or time? Different genres can set people’s moods in different ways. For example, pop music can make people feel happy and pumped up, where jazz and classical music can make them relax. All genres of music can bring back memories and moods. When listening to music people’s hearts actually begin to sync with the rhythm and set their mood.

The brain automatically begins to follow rhythms to put people into the mood they subconsciously want to be in. According to the article “ How Music Affects Our Mood” , “ A slow heart beat with strong diastolic pressure tells our brain that something sad and depressing is occurring. Very fast heart beating

A Quote From “Country Music” by Tad Richards said, “Though most country music and country music fans might advocate a straight and a narrow conservative path, the lyrics of country songs deal with the dilemmas of life with a complexity not found in any other popular music”( Richards). Most country songs do tell problems they have had. For example, Luke Bryan Drink a Beer is about how he was close to his brother and sister and they both died. In the song he talks about what they use to do and now it's just him. In the article "How heavy metal music can lighten an emotional load" by Lisa Suhay quoted, “Else also points out that the study was of young adults, and the same result may be possible with a population who prefers and listens to classical music or modern music, etc” (Suhay). Young adults prefer more modern and classical music like country music than heavy metal music. Modern music like country, says yes, love story, but also some of country’s music is upbeat and fun to dance to. Not all Country music is love and life, but it does bring upbeat music for young adults

Another article on the story "Explanation: Jazz Fantasia" it said, “The speaker encourages the sound of the ’drums’ and ’banjos’ and ’saxophones.’ This establishes a certain group of sounds and rhythms—horns and drumbeats—that will carry on through the rest of the poem, echoing in the reader's mind” ( “Explanation: Jazz Fantasia”). In jazz music; drums, saxophones, and more set the mood with their rhythms. A quote from “How Music Affects Our Moods they said,”One example of such pieces is the science of binaural beats, or tones played in each ear individually. These produce rhythms that the brain automatically begins to follow, creating the mood you want”(“How Music Affects Our Moods”). Different beats and tones of instruments go through their ears and makes their brain create their mood. It’s interesting how music can inspire by just music no