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In particular, she’s committed to helping decrease stigma around mental health issues. Choosing music carefully can help you maximize its benefits, but if you still struggle to focus, it may help to consider white noise or other audio options instead. Even people who love music might find it less than helpful when trying to concentrate. These sounds have similar frequencies, but they aren’t exactly the same. Your brain takes the difference between these two sound frequencies — say, 187 Hertz in the left ear, 201 Hz in the right — and produces a third sound at the frequency of this difference, or 14 Hz. Binaural beats are an auditory illusion produced when you hear two different sounds at the same time, one in each ear.



Therefore they deserve to be encouraged to find out what classical music actually is, in a nice way of course. But keep in mind that he was employed by an aristocrat, like many composers such Bach, Haydn, etc. Employed as a servant he had a job to do and that was to conjur up entertainment for dinner parties, balls, and other estate type events.

Neurologist Dr. Michael Schneck found that classical music helps relieve anxiety. While they all led to positive attributes, the classical Turkish music proved to be the most effective in stress and anxiety relief. When you are stressed out or anxious, listening to classical music can help you relax and reduce your stress level. Research shows that listening to classical music decreases your heart rate by up to 10 percent, which reduces stress levels. Listening to calming instrumental versions of classical pieces can also induce relaxation after a stressful day or before bed, helping you fall asleep faster.

Even the ones who know very little will at the very least be aware of the great variety of different styles within the large body of classical music. They wouldn't make blanket statements that put the entire body of classical music into one box, such as "relaxing". I think we instinctively take offense that classical music is relaxing because it was not written with the intent of being relaxing. Quite on the contrary each musician, artist, composer, philosopher, author, even chef tries to make a piece of art that will PROVOKE and CHALLENGE the audience. One of the most important forces of mental health therapy is human connection. Finding other people who are going through the same things you are is one of the most effective ways to get over any mental health challenge.

I'm sorry someone reacted negatively to my post about insipid Baroque composers that our local classical music station seems to play so frequently. Personally, I prefer music that engages me and doesn't simply invite me to sit back and let it wash over me. There is a guy named meditation sounds George Lipsitz who writes a lot about social issues whom you might find interesting. I could make the arguement that classical music as presented in many of these threads is based largely upon a Eurocentric cultural experience and therefore bound by that to a large degree. It is defined by practitioners by what it is not, as much as what it is. In the end, however, the individual must set aside cultural bias and experience it for themselves.

Notably, Debussy’s renowned work has appeared in movies like “Ocean’s Eleven” and “Twilight,” to name a few. Debussy’s most recognizable work consists of soft, melodic tones that illustrate a peaceful setting of serenity and soothing colors. The work embodies the essence of a calm lake with a mountainous landscape. “Clair De Lune” will carry the listener into a calming atmosphere filled with tranquility through the harmony of the work. In 2004, various British railway stations began piping in recordings of Mozart, Bach and Handel, which resulted in a one-third drop in the number of robberies and other crimes. Psychologists speculate that the relaxing melodies had a tranquilizing and disorienting effect on potential criminals.

A Karajan interpretation of Beethoven's ninth symphony is littered with people saying "This helps me do my homework, thanks!". I just don't get it, how can you do homework to that music?. I listen to classical to divert and de-stress for work.