Aside from making us smarter, this particular type of music can also promote mental health. In a world in total flux, finding time to go to the opera can be good for us in more ways than one. According to an Oxford University study, listening to classical music can help reduce one’s blood pressure. Harmony with others could start with the harmony in music, according to new research. A study published in the journalAging & Mental Healthin 2014 found that among those with dementia, music served as a tool to feel connected to others because the subjects could listen to and discuss the music together.
Still, I believe that everybody, ignorant or not, mislead or not, we all are curious about new stuff. So if you give people the opportunity to listen to something quite different from what they are used to, they will at least be interested. One of the nice things about classical music is that it is such a large and variety rich body of works, there's something to find in it for everyone's taste. The downside is that many people need a little help navigating this large body of music, simply because of its sheer size.
It could become a habit – listening classical music while going to school, work, shop, while cooking or drinking tea. A study performed in 2012 found that children who were exposed to adult-directed music at a young age had better listening skills than those who weren’t. This finding was consistent with previous research on adults who had been exposed to classical music during childhood. These findings support the idea that exposure to classical music can improve your auditory memory by improving your ability to focus on sound. And what about people who listen to other types of music?
This is used and recommended more like rehabilitation for those people, who feel tense and have a hard sickness. Although it’s used by professionals, but you could try this therapy without them also. You might have tried it already, even though you could think that you hadn’t. Have you never tried to listen to music peacefully without any distractions to calm your emotions down? You may even try to do yoga and listen classical music. Or doing homework, housework and listen Bach, Chopin or Beethoven.
This minimalistic calm music is just what you need when you want to get far away from the madding crowd. Beethoven dedicated this piece to a 16-year-old countess, Giulietta Guicciardi, who was his student, albeit for a short while. As you listen to this remarkable sonata, you will find the music flowing into your body and pushing out stress and anxiety. Even people with disabilities and life-threatening diseases can benefit from soothing, slow music.
This is because music stimulates multiple cognitive skills, such as executive function, memory, motor skills, and problem-solving. As some of the previously discussed research indicates, music can help reduce anxiety in both adults and children before and during medical procedures. In one recent experiment, participants were asked to press a button anytime the hand on a special clock started moving. 62% of respondents to a 2018 survey reported they use music to help them fall asleep, mostly because it relaxed them, and distracted them from daily stressors.
People with more musical training showed greater benefits from listening to classical music. Classical music is a relaxing and enjoyable experience for most people. Listening to it in the background or actively mind relaxing participating in it can also be beneficial in many ways. But keep in mind that listening to any type of music can have a positive effect on your mood, and classical music is no exception. In a study of preschoolers, researchers found that listening to classical music could improve attention and memory in participants. But both the researchers and parents of the children involved in the study noted that these children liked classical music but did not prefer it over other types of music.