Today in class, we will tackle a few of these ideas, such as what music actually does to our brains, and why performing music can be so joyful. We will discuss the effects music has on us chemical, psychologically, and socially, and see how sitting down and playing music with your friends can be akin to having a conversation with peers.
If you need help getting in the mood, below is a list of science's top 10 happy songs, and a video that explains how playing music and speaking are not completely independent activities (as well as some pretty phenomenal bass playing).
TEN HAPPIEST SONGS ACCORDING TO SCIENCE
--Don't Stop Me Now- Queen
--Dancing Queen- ABBA
--Good Vibrations- Beach Boys
--Uptown Girl- Billy Joel
--Eye of the Tiger- Survivor
--I'm a Believer- The Monkees
--Girls Just Wanna Have Fun- Cyndi Lauper
--Livin' on a Prayer- Bon Jovi
--I Will Survive- Gloria Gaynor
--walking on Sunshine- Katrina and The Waves
Great job, Kodi, Alex, and Blake!
ReplyDeleteP.S. My top ten has to include some Beatles & Stones, some Steely Dan (and probably for weird idiosyncratic reasons Donald Fagin's solo effort "New Frontier,") my go-to song whenever I need a quick hit of happy, John Prine... Bottom line: all brains may be more-or-less the same, when it comes to the neurophysiology of music, but minds differ. And that's good!
Delete