The Importance Of Listening To Classical Music

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Musical Notes
The modern music notation was made during this period. Catholic monks during the Baroque Period developed the starting forms of music notation to standardize sacred musical compositions in their church. Pitches of notes are indicated with how notes are placed in between lines or spaces. The duration of each note is determined by the shading of the circle, the stems and the tails on notes (Paterson, 2017). Because of this unified “language”, reading and composing music is made easier for musicians.
Musical Compositions
Giovannni Battista Sammartini made a musical composition comprising of three parts, called movements, which are played by musical instruments. This is what we now know as a symphony (HubPages Inc., 2016). Many symphonic …show more content…

Listening to Mozart’s lively piece, L'allegro con spirit stimulates and boosts one’s memory (Freeman, 2015). So, if ever students have an upcoming test, they can listen to classical music. The calming sound of classical music, however, soothes its listeners and eases the stress people may have especially with pregnant women (Martin, 2008). The Institute of Behavioural Sciences at Semmelweis University in Hungary held a study wherein people who have trouble sleeping can listen to classical music to sleep easier (Sowder, …show more content…

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