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Effects of Music on Mood

BA, BA, BA, BOOM, BE, BA, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM. You see stones bounce up and down on the pavement. Your windshield cracks as a result of a high-pitched vibration.

An earthquake? A bomb? Nope.

It's just someone's speakers palpitating the surrounding area. One thing is for certain: down through the antiquity of time people have always loved music. So long as it has a beat and a rhythm. Have you ever noticed how music makes you feel?

How one moment you can be as cantankerous as a rusty nail, then another minute after you turn on some soothing music you feel like you could conquer every obstacle in your way?

Have you ever noticed when the band is playing at assemblies that people jump up and down, sing and laugh, and really get with the school spirit? At other times, when the band isn't playing, students are noisy and the assembly seems to be extremely long and boring.

According to research, music, when employed in a productive way, can have positive or negative effects on teens' learning abilities.

An article on the internet by Kristian David Olson said that:"Musical groups such as choir, orchestra or band assist to unite people as well as improving communication skills.

And when people listen to background music, it's very important that they listen to music that they are familiar and comfortable with." She also went on to say that it is not necessarily better for people to listen to music that is supposed to relax them, if they are unfamiliar with it.

There has been much controversy over which music is better to listen to. Some do not approve of classical, and cling to their "tin can" music like a teddy bear.

Those who love classical often don't approve of "tin can," bone-jarring music. Greek philosopher, Plato, wrote, "A change to a new type of music is something to beware of as a hazard to all of our fortunes.

For the modes of music are never disturbed without upsetting of the most fundamental political and social conventions." It"s for you to decide. Which type of music are you are going to put in your mind?

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