I mean, it’s just a specific collection of noises that somehow tingles our brains.
I assume it’s because we are great at recognizing patterns, and music is just that - patterns.
I assume it’s because we are great at recognizing patterns, and music is just that - patterns.
I think you pretty much got it there. It’s more like, music is specifically tailord to sound like something we do enjoy.
Four four common time replicates the heartbeat and natural bodily rhythms but that does not really explain why music can so successfully alter emotional state in the listener. I think it is not really known why other than music connects with and is readily understood by organic brains, not just human in a very intimate way. For example a five minute piece of classical music is informationally very complex but a person is often able to hum it back after a single hearing and do so again years later. Repeating verbatim a five minute speech listened to is beyond most people and so it might be suspected that music is more native to the brain than is language.
One thing I meant to add but forgot is the best way I can think to explain the effects of music in our minds and our ability to recall long sequences of notes is that human composed music is telling us a story that our brains already know.
No doubt because it increases our dopamine levels
I asked why it does that, not what it does.
Music seems to tap into something very primal and has a significant effect on my mood.
Music is one of my greatest joys in life.
