Power of music

The saying goes that “music tames the beasts.” A maxim that appeals to the powerful effect that a melody can have on us. Who hasn’t had this happen to them before? You walk down the street, immersed in your daily problems and suddenly you hear a song. A couple of chords are enough to start a journey through time and bring to the present that memory that you thought had already been forgotten. A simple melody has been able to awaken your emotions, make you smile and put aside your daily headaches for a few minutes.

Oscar Wilde said that “the art of music is the closest to tears and memories.” But heMusic is a resource that we can use, not only to awaken our feelings, but also to promote our learning and improve our memory.. These conclusions are the result of various studies that researchers from around the world have carried out to clarify the powerful effect that this artistic manifestation has on us.

MUSIC A USEFUL RESOURCE

Recent research has shown that music activates large areas of the brain. These data emerge from the study carried out by Alluri and highlights that When we listen to a melody, some areas of our brain are activated, such as the auditory, limbic and motor areas. This brain stimulation occurs regardless of the musical style we are listening to..

The Argentine singer-songwriter, León Gieco, says that “music is a broad thing, without limits, without borders, without flags.” Perhaps that universality makes Music can also be used as a valuable resource to improve our learning of foreign languages.. Ludke came to this conclusion after observing a group of people who were studying Hungarian. The experience revealed that students who learned this language by singing phrases obtained better results than those who simply repeated them. Studies of this type lead researchers to consider that music provides an additional benefit to our brain that helps improve memory.
MUSIC TO TRAVEL IN TIME

Another scientific revelation confirms a fact that we have all always taken for granted. To travel in time, one of the favorite tickets we use is music, especially when we want to evoke the memories of our adolescence, one of the stages that most mark a person’s life. According to data published by Krumhansl & Zupnick, Listening to melodies from our adolescence makes us instantly transported back in time.. It is not necessary to listen to our favorite music to start this journey through our memory, but it is enough to hear the notes of any song that we associate with this stage of our life.

According to Khumhansl “Music passed down from generation to generation shapes our autobiographical memories, preferences, and emotional responses, a phenomenon we call reminiscence strokes. These new findings point to the influence of music on childhood”.

Therefore, enjoy and take advantage of the powerful effect of music. Well As Nietzsche said “without music life would be a mistake.”