Music can have a big impact on our thoughts and overall mood
If you’re like me, while you’re studying or working you probably have your headphones on and are listening to a new song or just letting YouTube run in the background while you focus on what you’re doing. If you’re on the computer or if you have music going through your ears everyday you should probably stop and think about what songs you’re playing because they are probably having a huge effect on the way you go about your day. Music has been proven to have a profound effect on the way we think and feel. If you prefer to listen to sad songs all day then chances are you will feel a bit sad, tired, or upset throughout most of the day. If you like to listen to fun upbeat songs, then you will probably have more energy and greet others more positively as well. It’s harder to have a bad day when you’re listening to one of your favorite songs. The type of music or genre also has an impact on our thoughts or feelings, if you listen to songs with tons of fast paced drum beats you’re probably going to feel like you’re more in a hurry than someone who is listening to calming and slow classical music.
Pop songs are actually designed to fit into this fast paced category where most pop songs-Coldplay, Katy Perry, etc. are usually around the same number of beats per minute. Good feeling pop songs are on average around 120-160 Bpm (beats per minute) because it is enough to get us going and feeling good without overwhelming our relaxed mood when we listen to this music. On the contrary, as you might expect most sad pop songs are usually of a slower number of beats per minute—roughly around 82-120, and because it is slower it is designed to makes us feel just a bit more sad or pensive than listening to a faster paced song. This is not always true as a sad song is still sad because of the lyrics and a lot of sad songs are much faster than this, some sad songs are 140 BPM or faster. There is also some research on how listening to songs in a minor key tends to make a feel a bit sad or pensive, and listening to songs in a major key tend to make us feel good better, but this isn't perfectly researched either.
If you don’t know what I’m talking about or you think I’m crazy check out this Youtube video where this talented drummer plays through 24 songs all about 120 BPM and most of them are feel good songs.
Also, check out this cool website I just found where you can look up the number of beats per minute for most songs: https://songbpm.com/
Thanks! I hope you enjoyed this article. Please leave a comment below, or let me know what your favorite song is so I can mix up my playlist.
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I've long thought that modern music is made according to a formula, as you sort of suggest. How many beats, tones, highs vs lows, starts and stops, etc. Especially when the "Boy Bands" were popular... seemed like canned type music. Gone are the day, I fear, where a kid and a guitar sitting in a room writes the music.
Of course, I could be wrong.
Yeah music makes us feel calm and relaxed.The type of music each person listens to can even help in guessing the personality and character trait of a person.
Yeah, there isn't a ton of research out there, but if you're constantly listening to music all day, sometimes you have to make sure that it's telling you the right message.
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From the drumbeats of our ancient ancestors to today’s unlimited streaming services, music is an integral part of the human experience.
Researchers have pondered the possible therapeutic and mood boosting benefits of music for centuries.
Even sad music brings most listeners pleasure and comfort, according to recent research from Durham University in the United Kingdom and the University of Jyväskylä in Finland, published in PLOS ONE.
Conversely, the study found that for some people, sad music can cause negative feelings of profound grief.
The research involved three surveys of more than 2,400 people in the United Kingdom and Finland, focusing on the emotions and memorable experiences associated with listening to sad songs.
I'm sorry @the4thmusketeer , but I think you're so far off the mark with this. Impressive number of upvotes though. 😏
Formulaic pop music of the modern age is designed to try and fit us all, be acceptable to as many as possible. Not very often, does the modern age formulaic music make for anything near the best in music either. It won't make you think outside the box very much. A bit like TV, formulaic modern pop music is really a bit on the mind numbing side.
It's also designed to fit the workplace, but I don't listen to music with any specific aims to make me more productive in my work. Your bosses may
have thought about that though, as I can imagine many of them would stop at nothing in the drive to squeeze a little more production out of our already stressed and over-worked minds, bodies and workplaces. So don't conform, you have your headphones, so do listen to what your heart wants to listen to.
As regards sad music making you sad, it would perhaps be good to have an understanding of blues music for example, a music that is designed and written to uplift the spirit of people that were oppressed, poverty stricken and who suffered great hardships and many injustices on a day to day basis.
My point is that Blues music along with many other forms of music that deals with the common struggles of life whether it be troubles of the heart or other things we have to endure, gives us a sense of connectivity with others, that we're not alone etc. When you consider that loneliness is one of the biggest cause of depression, and a weighty contributor to shorter life expectancy, our so called 'sad' music is of vital importance. It helps us to gain greater understanding of our own troubles as we relate to different aspects of the songs, helping us to deal with some of our emotions, our emotional times and perhaps even our emotional blockages in a safe way.
I can't believe you can seriously flag me here. Is this because I disagree and raise questions?
Ok, I'll unflag you it's just that I'm very new to this platform, but I'm working very hard to produce what I believe to be good content. You seem like a very intelligent person and you made some good points in your comment, it's just that I got way more upvotes that I asked for... it was like spam on this post. I know much more about music than you probably think I do because I play some classical and electric guitar. Sorry, I guess I got upset because you seemed to imply that I don't have any understanding of music, but I actually do. This article was just meant to focus on pop music.
Ok, I took the flag off your larger comment because maybe I was a bit too quick to make that decision, sorry.
Thanks for unflagging
Sorry, I'm just new to the platform still learning some things.
That's ok @the4thmusketeer. I think you overlooked the importance of slow and sad music for improving the mood and eleviating the constipation of emotions so many have in this world from time to time. As a performer and lover of blues music, I had to say, "yeah, but hold on a minute"
I guess the other thing I view in a dim light is the buying of bid bots to up your rep to 63 in the space of a couple of weeks. I don't know if you understand what that rep means, or used to mean, but you can easily see how a rep has been gained on steemit, so rep doesn't equate to the same thing for different individuals based purely on the number, it's also how the number was earnt.
Just because I view it in a dim light, it doesn't particularly mean your doing anything wrong though, you are working within the remits of steemit rules etc. It's just sad to see the rep scores devalued in this way. Funny old place is steemit, beautiful in many ways though. 🙂
Ok, I agree with you. Blues is definitely a very important part of music that can make it easier to cope with some tough times, and I shouldn't have left that out. The type of key of a song usually has a greater effect on the overall tone of the song, and maybe that's what I should have focused on more.
And, you have every right to give your opinion on Steem, I just think you could've have worded it differently. Saying 'I'm so far off the mark with this' isn't going to make anyone's day. And I do believe I have the right to flag material that challenges my reputation here on Steem as a good or credible source of info. I wasn't wrong, you just have a different opinion. I won't remove your longer post, but I still wish you would consider removing some of your other comments here as they aren't fun for me to look at, and if I flag them it is my right as well as it is your right to flag any or all comments I make on your posts.
However, all of this aside, I am trying hard on Steem to provide good content and I guess I'm using some bots to try and make sure that my posts are actually read by others. I might be promoting some of my posts, but the opportunity on here to make money isn't going to last forever and making pennies per post is a bit frustrating, but I'm not the type of person that you should be worried about on Steem. There are plenty of people on here getting votes for random pictures and memes that definitely do not deserve upvotes. At least I'm still trying very hard to provide good content to my followers, I'm very knowledgeable about cryptocurrency. I have actually made some friends here on Steem already and had a good experience overall. Also, lastly I took a look at your Steem channel and I have to say you are a very talented singer/songwriter. I'm sorry that all of this happened and I think that if both of us try to continue to create good content we'll both be fine. Thanks mate
Well, to be fair, you've put your case across well @the4thmusketeer, and it's a little different an outlook to mine. There's nothing wrong with debate. I'm sorry if my comment "far off the mark" offended, it wasn't meant to be offensive, it's just what I thought. Some of what you say holds water, but I do think you missed a vital aspect of music, not just blues but any sad music, country, a lot of jazz, Billy Holiday a prime example, Fado etc, etc, (I'll skip Goth and Morrissey 😂, but others may not) etc, etc. Many upbeat songs can me quite anger led, not neccesarily uplifting.
Even when it comes to minor keys, that melancholy feeling is often uplifting and draws emotions out, many blues are in minor keys.
I kinda get what you're getting at, but I just feel it was a bit blanketing the point. I remember if I was going to walk into town for a night out and was feeling lathargic I'd put Elvis Costello's "Pump It Up" on the turntable, and off I went, so yeah, music can be used in that respect.
It's no bad thing to provoke comments and debate, we can learn more that way if our ears are open.
My advice would be don't flag people if they raise genuine points, even if they're abrupt, their abruptness will also be seen by others that read it. If I'd wrongly made some damning comment about you with any unfairness I would remove them, but we're just chewing the fat here, no? You're not going to lose any upvotes through these comments.
Good luck with money earning, it certainly can be done if you get it right.
Actually, bpm doesn't have that much impact on music and our feelings like key signatures. Play the same melody in different keys, I guarantee you will feel and hear the difference!
Well, I would agree that maybe it has more impact on our energy levels than mood perhaps, and I know you're right about the different major/minor keys, maybe that should have been my bigger focus for this article.
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