The How And The Why On Music !

A fascinating book on the how and the why of music and why it is so important to human beings.

  "All human cultures seem to make music - today and through history. But why they do so, why music can excite deep passions, and how we make sense of musical sound at all are questions that have, until recently, remained profoundly mysterious."  ....... MORE

How Much Emotion and Meaning Is There In Music ?

 Emotion and Meaning In Music

"Emotion and Meaning in Music " by Leonard B. Meyer  ........ A thought provoking book which   "Analyzes the meaning expressed in music, the social and psychological sources of meaning, and the methods of musical communication"  ....... MORE

Can Listening To Music Enhance Mental And Physical Well Being ?

"Music’s positive effects"

Can listening to music enhances mental and physical wellbeing.  Well, a recent collection of studies has looked at how music developed over the centuries and how humans have responded to it. The studies also consider that the sounds that animals make are analogous to music in their desire to copy or act like each other.

“Other studies look at music’s positive effects on health and immunity, how music is processed in the brain, the interplay between language and music, and the relationship between our emotions and music” ........ MORE

Can There Really Be A Colour And Music Relationship ?

Colour and Music

Music and colour like music and emotions have inspired speculative discussions throughout the ages. Again, the ancient Greeks took a lead in these speculative inquiries. They were driven by a need to discover an integrated cosmology that colour and music formed a part of a harmonious universe. Fast forwarded to the seventeenth century and we have Isaac Newton’s discovery ......

“ of the refraction of white light into colours …….. and his decision to denote seven colours in association with the seven notes of the musical scale” …… MORE

The Healing Powers of Music

VA Uses Music Therapy In Veterans' Recovery

The healing power of music to aid recovery is nothing new. In fact, both Plato and Aristotle wrote about it in ancient Greece. In our modern-day, music therapy is often used to treat patients with mental illness ………….

“Music therapy, the VA says, is a burgeoning field with ancient roots that helps patients cope with a variety of life's ills, from depression or post-traumatic stress to substance abuse and cognitive disorders, among others ………." MORE  

Is There A Language Of Music ?

'Language of Music Really Is Universal, Study Finds'

Do you believe that there is a language of music? Well, a recent report thinks there may be one. A report which was published online on 19th March in ‘Current Biology’ states that ..........

“Native African people who have never even listened to the radio before can nonetheless pick up on happy, sad, and fearful emotions in Western music” …… MORE