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Music Evokes 13 Emotions

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musicApril McCarthy – UC Berkeley scientists have surveyed more than 2,500 people in the United States and China about their emotional responses to thousands of songs from genres including rock, folk, jazz, classical, marching band, experimental and heavy metal.

The upshot? The subjective experience of music across cultures can be mapped within at least 13 overarching feelings: Amusement, joy, eroticism, beauty, relaxation, sadness, dreaminess, triumph, anxiety, scariness, annoyance, defiance, and feeling pumped up.

Opoids are also responsible for music’s myriad effects on mood, pain and well-being, giving clues to how we can harness its benefits even how it affects our aging. Continue reading →

Sound- Its Influence on Civilizations

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musicJill Mattson – Turn of the century esoteric writing insists that the Renaissance music pulled the population out of the dark ages by introducing the perfection of chords, harmonies and mathematical patterns found among the tones.

The early ornamental classical music inspired the excessively decorated architecture and dress of the time. One mystic writer revealed a concern about cold-hearted people hiding behind elaborate decoration. Hence, Beethoven was “over lit” to create music that enables the masses to feel compassion. According to the writing, charities in Europe were recorded only after people heard the music of Beethoven. Continue reading →

The New Music

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musicJill Mattson – In the last hundred years popular music styles changed rapidly featuring: Swing, Jazz, Rock and Roll, Heavy Metal, Rap, Techno and Hip Hop. Speed and synthesis are characteristic of music of the current age – matching the pace of innovation and change resulting from this.

The rhythmic beats of Hip Hop, Rap and Techno may be likened to a relentless pushy force, pumping Earth’s vibratory engine to receive continuous changes. The beats pump through our arteries and the Earth creating special effects.

Historically, musical styles lasted thousands of years and now they change in just one generation. In a parallel development, sixty years ago color TV was an exciting innovation and that seems trivial today. Now the Internet, cell phones and personal computer have revolutionized that world many times over. Once again, the sonic vibratory changes precede the physical ones. Continue reading →

Sound- Its Influence on Civilizations  

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soundJill Mattson – For the next several weeks, let’s jump into how sound and music controls the consciousness of the civilizations. Can you imagine that music could control entire populations? Pretty crazy, huh?

Ancient people firmly believed that tiny, invisible vibrations (such as music) affected people’s thinking, emotional and even their physicality! “Vibrations, or sounds, can control civilizations!” wrote ancient officials. An outrageous idea at first glance, but many ancient dynasties lasted thousands of years, while we grow tired of our president in merely four years. Continue reading →

Music Changes Consciousness throughout the Ages

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musicJill Mattson – In the Greek epoch, tetra chords, groups of four notes, were used like our scales. These tonal sets characterized personalities. The Greek scales were even named after people to reflect their characteristics. The Greek musical system enabled spiritual energy to descend into matter to a greater extent. It cemented individual personalities – after years of personalities resembling the tribe or group.

Control of music shifted to the Catholic Church during the Dark Ages. Gregorian chants were a single tone sung during prescribed times for mass. An “amen” was added on the end of Gregorian chants and church liturgy, creating the concept of a beginning and ending in a song.

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