How Does Music Affect Us

Music has been around since the beginning of time. It is everywhere you go and it will never go away. Music is a sense of communication, it provides a way to express the emotions one is feeling and it even has the ability to alter emotions and lift one 's spirits. All of the different ways music effects the lives of people today are unique and priceless. Where would the world be without music? It has been scientifically proven that if we are feeling anxious or depressed music may be able to boost are spirits. We see this idea used frequently in music therapy. Why does music have this effect on us? How can certain sounds make someone feel happy? It hardly seems plausible. To begin understanding the effect music has on us we must first understand and define music. According to dictionary.com, music is defined as an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color (Music). From this definition we gather that music is a sound -- or series of sounds-- that expresses emotions through rhythm, melody, and harmony. The speed at which music is played, along with the combinations of sounds and tones emitted is what is said to be causing the brain to create emotions out of …show more content…
It is truly a sense of communication. One can express how they feel and identify with the people around them no matter if it is two people in the room or two hundred. In worship, there may be five people in front of the congregation leading a song and every single person in the room is having a similar, but personal, connection and emotional process. I love to stop singing during a worship service or large concert and just listen to the people surrounding me and how well all the voices in a large crowd harmonize, even though the individual voices alone may not have a pleasant