Music and emotions

Music and emotions

By Edith López

It was the song “Live is Life” by Opus that made me feel very excited when I first heard it. It gave me chills at my young age of 5 years. Everything about the song made me feel very emotional, and even now I still feel the same. Everyone has a similar story with a song, it can be a happy or sad emotion, but it makes us feel something.

When I was in high school it was music that made me happy and relaxed, when no one could make me happy. For me, music is an important part of my life, not because I like it, but because it make me feel so many emotions and remember many moments of my life.

According to Justin P.N. (2001) it is music who can bring back emotional experiences, which can make us feel emotions since memories can be very vivid. Music accompanies us through our lives and it is very common that a song remains us of a time of our life, a party, a person, etc.

According to Heid M. (2018) is necessary to choose the correct music in order to feel happy or have a positive emotion. Listening to a random song can make us feel stressed. People have different music tastes, so not everyone will feel the same if you put a balad or rock music. Some must feel bored, while other people may feel relaxed and happy while listening balads; and with rock music, some people may feel happy, powerful, free, etc., while others may feel stressed because of its sounds. Because of this, it is necessary to know the peoples’ tastes to choose the right music adapted to the situationit is necessary to know a person’s choose the correct music for each person in order to feel something.

References

Juslin, P.N. & Sloboda, J.A. (ed.) (2001) Music and emotion: theory and research. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press.

Heid, M. (2018). You Asked: Is Listening to Music Good For Your Health? TIME USA. Taken from: https://time.com/5254381/listening-to-music-health-benefits/

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