What does music do to you?

Introduction

Do you wonder why music makes you feel emotions and makes your body move? Well I can tell you all about it! Just follow me and you’ll see.

Mood

Music can affect how you feel in lots of ways. Scientists say when you listen to a song and its beat it makes you go in synch with the beat and melody.

Music sometimes can make you feel all sorts of emotions. When you listen to a song it can make you feel joyful, angry or even sad.

Music can do a lot of things to you. When you and your friends listen to your top favorite songs it actually makes the personality traits go up for the party inside your head. The research that the scientists keep discovering shows that music is good for you.

And scientists now know that it is not just playing music that causes changes. Scientists also say that some people feel joyful listening to one type of song and others feel sad listening to a different type of song.

brain

Music can be used as a way to get you "up and at 'em" or down and relaxing. It can make you do all sorts of things. For example, it can lower your heart rate when listening to music or it can make you move.

When you listen to a song your brain tries to make sense of it. Scientists say that our brains can actually make more sense of a song than a computer can.

There are sound waves that get picked up by the inside of your ear that vibrate your eardrums. The brain turns the sound of music into fuel that powers your brain to think more and dance.

Scientists say that the technology that is in our brains is growing when we listen to our favorite songs. But scientists still don’t know if there is more to discover about music than we already know.

conclusion

I say that music can make your body move and make your brain grow and change your emotions. Thank you for reading “What does music do to you?” Always listen to music.

This diagram shows the different areas of the brain that get activated when doing different tasks.

Listening to music has been described as "a party is going on in your head."

This is a diagram that shows what a ear drum looks like.

People use headphones to listen to music or make music.

Singing along to a song is a way expressing emotions.

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Music facts:

  • Did you know that just a single note makes your vocal cords go back and forth?
  • Did you know that you can get stronger with reading or math by listening to music that affects your brain?
  • Did you ever think that music does nothing? Well it actually does a lot to you!
  • Did you know that your vocal cords go up and down when you are singing?
  • Did you know that music can make people come together?

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