It is a well-established fact that music can alter our mood, stir emotions and may even lead us to behave in unusual ways. There are many ways that music can make us feel, including:
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- Patriotic – National anthems and other music associated with a country or geographic area.
- Loyalty – Music and sounds associated with sports events, schools, clubs and other organisations.
- Spiritual – Hymns, chants, gospel and other music and sounds associated with religion or the divine.
- Nostalgic – Music can remind us of the past, both good times and bad times.
- Love – Music can be used to express love and as a sign of affection.
- Hate – Music can be used in war and violence and to promote anger.
- Energetic – Rhythms in music can make us tap our feet, clap our hands and dance. Music can aid physical exercise.
- Happy – Music can lift our mood, make us smile, laugh and sing along.
- Sad – Music can make us feel melancholy, gloomy or even depressed. Music can make us cry.
- Excited – Music is often used to excite us, like at a funfair or during some tense moment in a movie.
- Irritated – Music we don’t like can irritate us, as can an ‘ear-worm’ a tune that gets stuck in your head and is repeated over and over.
- Unexplained – Sometimes music can cause more unexplained physical reactions, like the hairs standing up on the back of your neck or goosebumps which are more commonly associated with strong feelings of nostalgia, pleasure, euphoria, astonishment or awe.
The list above is by no means complete, music and sound affect us in all conceivable ways – even when we are not fully listening or paying attention. It should be clear that music can also, therefore, be used as an effective relaxation technique – a way to reduce stress levels and release tensions.
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