Benefits of Music in Life

 

Music is a unique gift to and from each person who creates which reveals the vast quantity of information about the performer and their mood swings. 

It is an ever changing, ever increasing gift from the God free and available to all the people who want to seek it. As such it is naturally and with ability to affect those who listen in monumental ways.

Music has been associated with physical and emotional healing throughout the history as Aristotle and Plato both prescribed music to debilitated individuals. Music has a distinct effect on many biological processes considering it physiologically. 

However the music is not only limited to changing the body's responses only one direction the nature of the music influences the changes as well.

Scientifically it has been proven that music is a powerful way that affects the brain as some recent research shows that music can help in many aspects of the brain including the memory, injuries, stress and pain reductions.

Benefits of Music:

On Mind Which can Lead to Better Learning: 

Listening to music can stimulate the brain. Several researchers shows that listening to music can make you want to learn more things as one of the study in 2019 result that people were more motivated to learn when the expected to listen to a song as their rewards. 

Even the scientist say that listening to music, in MRI scans has shown the active area light up. Stroke patients listen to music in early stage, showed the results in 2008 with an improvement in the recovery of the patients and the verbal memory improved by 60% after music listening. 

It acts as a wonder to the people who are dealing with depression only if the correct music is listened. Sad music can affect adversely.

On Memory: 

Music has a positive impact on the ability to memorize or it can improve the memory power. It has the power to bring back the feelings of life when nothing else can. Listening to certain music can take a person's mind back in decades in an instant.

Study in 2014 which was conducted on dementia patients resulted in that music and singing can improve their mood and orientation and the remote episode memory as well as to a lesser extent compare to usual care. Music also had a positive effect on the quality of life of the patient after 10 week of listening music.

Music as a Powerful Way of Uniting People:

Music plays an important role in uniting people through various ways which are sung in any sports event or in any other event connects the crowds. In the houses of worship music plays a vital role in building groups identity whereas it also helps in building a strong bond among the partners through love songs.

During the marches for the purpose for which it has been held the protest songs help in uniting the people who are connected with it. 

After the evolution of mankind music has continued to remain vital force behind the unity of people. People feel more connected to each other whenever they hear like minded songs are played example the classical music, simply a musical composition.

Impact on Human Development and Well-being:

One of the universal ways of communicating and expressing for mankind is music. This music is present in the everyday lives of the people, of all kinds, of all ages, from all the cultures around the world.

Music is represented as an enjoyable activity in human life but it has an influence which goes beyond simple amusement. Listening to music, dancing, playing and enjoying individually or collectively are common activities for the vast majority of people in the world. 

These activities not only allow communicating but also help in expressing the feelings of personal inner state and therefore can bring about many positive effects in those who engage in them.

1. Music makes a person smart. Music has the power to improve our personality and help in reviving sustaining brain damages. One of the theory also states that those who learn music at young/early age develop strong vocabulary power as well as can handle non verbal reasoning to easily.

2. Effective way of communicating. Music can be expressed in the form of emotions l,ideas and it is an effective mode of communication which is reveals how a person feels at a certain period. 

Music please and significant zone in bringing out the best in the person at given time if he listens to the inspirational songs which motivates the listeners.

3. Better health can be achieved through listening to music. Music has a lot of positive energy which can make a person's health better and better day by day if you listen to soothing track which can help in treating anxiety on the other hand keeping his more relaxed and calm.

Listening to music can improve your breathe rate, your heart rate and you blood pressure depending on the intensity of music and the tempo you are listening too.

A study in 2015 and Shankar University founded that fatigue can be reduced through relaxing music and it can also maintain muscles endurance when people are engaged in a repetitive task.

4. Music assists in connecting with God as it is an inherent aspect of spirituality in many religions which acts as a medium to communicate with God. Not only have this had the soft instrumental musics helped in soothing the mind and having stress free lifestyle.

5. Without music no one can imagine of festival for a marriage procession. Music heads life to these events ceremonies of festivals while celebrating and enjoying them to the fullest. Music is an integral part of any event, celebration such as marriages festivals etc.

6. Today's word is full of entertainment. Entertainment without music is like full food without salt. Music is the basis of all electronic entertainments such as video games television series movies songs and so on. It plays in significant role in making net particular segment or video game interesting to watch.

Music Therapy:

Music therapy is one of the most effective ways to deal with body mind and oral health improvement one can take the most benefit from music. 

This technique may include guide listening or improvisational playing and are used within the context of many theories and many types for mental disorders for depression to schizophrenia.

Music is also commonly known for counseling purpose as it is having many healing qualities in counseling which are connected to its use as the nonverbal medium of communication. 

Music therapy acts as an medicine which is being used in hospitals nursing homes and many other places where stress levels are high. This modern use of music therapy in hospitals was developed during 1950 in Europe and United States.

Studies have found that music is effective in decreasing the stress levels and generally for the patients and family members and friends who wait in the hospital for their loved ones and dear ones. 

It is even effective in antenatal clinics hearing live performances of music significantly increases the number of acceleration in the fetal heartbeat which is a sign of good health ( Art and Music ,2004).

Music has a significant powerful influence on the human beings. It not only relaxes the mind but it can boost the memory power, lighten up the mood, build task endurance, improve the pain ,reduce depression and anxiety and lastly helps the person to work out more effectively.

Music has been an effective way one can take advantage in many ways for charge on their body, mind and overall health working with a music therapist which is considered as one of the effective ways.

Written by: Rakhi Sharma

Edited by: Gourav Chowdhury