Music 's Influence On Music

Art has undoubtedly become a decisive aspect of our culture; embedded in the way we learn and grow on a daily basis. Art forms such as music, television and dance dominate our society as an outlet of freedom of speech for humanity. The evolution of music has rapidly exceeded its original classifications, developing new genres with greater appeal to an audience, hence its influence on society has expedited. In recent times, lyrics (specifically rap lyrics) have been introduced into the court room as a form of documented confessional evidence, evidently challenging law’s authoritative nature. This essay will closely follow the genre of rap and its relationship with law, through cases based in the United States of America (USA). In addition, the trial of Simon Bikindi in Rwanda and Smith v The Queen will be used to form an acute analysis on the influencing factors of relevance, identity, freedom of speech and current constitutional law.

I listen to music everyday. No matter where I go theres always music playing; the stores, church, car, etc. Music is a part of my daily life. It motivates me to do and finsih things. I can’t do my homework without listening to music otherwise I begin to procastinate. “A Stanford study shows that music engages areas of the brain which are involved with paying attention, making predictions and updating events in our

In a study done by Jennifer L. Lilley, Crystal D. Oberle, and Jon G. Thompson, Jr. at Texas State University, they tested the effects of grade consequences and music on test anxiety and performance. The objective of this experiment was to evaluate the effects of the participants grades if there were consequences and how music effects the participates anxiety and their test performances. There were previous works cited on how people improve their spatial cognitive task performances after listening to Mozart (Ho, Mason, & Spence, 2007). They also included studies where there were no benefits to people’s spatial cognitive task performances after listening to Mozart (Hui, 2006).

There have been a number of tests and surveys on this very topic. Classical music improves the concentration and performance of the people that listen to it regularly. It helps develop better learning habits to improve the overall learning experience. When somebody sits down and tries to watch an interesting television show, and do homework, it is very hard to concentrate, and not a lot gets done. When somebody listens to classical music regularly, it improves their learning strategies, or the way they learn things. Background music has been known to increase worker productivity, and performance. When people are able to get in the rhythm of the music they are listening to, they can increase output, and therefore focusing comes much easier for longer periods of time. Some music elicits stress in people. Other music makes people feel more relaxed and more readily able to focus, especially on a high stress

I have a confession to make. Being a student myself, I know the limitations music can have on your focus, critical thinking skills and concentration, yet I still constantly press the play button when solving equations, writing essays and debunking theorems. I’m aware of this detrimental habit, but I cannot help myself. After reading the essay “My students listen to music non-stop” by Kevin Bray, published January 25, 2016 for the Globe and Mail, it made me reflect on the consequences that music can have in the classroom.

The music of Mozart has been long praised. His classical sonatas and concertos continue to be recognized as some of the greatest works of music of all time. Since Mozart’s death, many have argued over the relationship between listening to Mozart and intelligence, with many arguing that classical music makes you smarter. Although many myths surrounding the topics of Mozart and intelligence exist, in this paper, I will be addressing the myth in the context that solely listening to the music of Mozart will improve cognitive performance before academic functions such as tests.

Peynircioglu of American University showed that among visual learners, music while studying increased the subjects ability to retain information better than it did in auditory learners or musicians. When tested to see whether meaningful melodies would be remembered better than non meaningful melodies, Musicians had a harder time remembering melodies that were determined to be meaningless than visual learners/nonmusicians but had a higher rate of

Aheadi, Dixon, and Glover were able to identify the benefits of musical training in a study involving the Mozart effect. Aheadi et al. state that, “Evidence suggests musical training can lead to long term enhancement of intelligence” (Aheadi, Dixon, and Glover, 2009, pg. 1). The results in this study showed that musicians had a higher overall performance compared to non-musicians. In a 1998, study completed by Overy, they were able to show that musical training tends to lead to increased intellectual abilities. They extrapolated that musical training improves cognitive functioning in attention, coordination, language, and concentration (Overy,

Concurrently we expect to find that listening to music that they would not normally listen to will have an even stronger negative impact on our participants recall ability compared to the control, or silent condition. We believe that given the complexities of how the human mind processes music, that trying to add in the equally complex task of reading or memorizing the human mind will simply be overloaded with information. We believe this overload will cause them to perform worse than they would if they were trying to complete those tasks without the distraction of music. These effects have been demonstrated in younger students in the study by Anderson and Fuller (Anderson 2010) we expect to find that these effects are the same in college

By employing the use of background music in a classroom, the attention and learning abilities of children can be positively affected to a significant degree. (Davidson C; Powell L, 2001) By playing a selection of “easy-listening music” (using a more classical theme with strings and wind instruments) in the classroom, children showed superior “time-on-task” (TOT) while the music was playing, and when the music was removed, they regressed to their prior behaviors. Davidson and Powell’s results concluded that simply playing the easy-listening music in a classroom setting could positively influence the work tendencies of children.

The mind is greatly impacted by music by showing healthful changes (www.bellaonline.com/articles/). Doctors now use music for their patients’ treatments in order to help them stay healthy (www.bellaonline.com/articles/). Heart patients acquired the same benefits from listening to classical music for thirty minutes as they did from anti-anxiety medication (www.bellaonline.com/articles/). Musical therapy has been used to help people with heart problems, which worked quite effectively. (www.bellaonline.com/articles/). People who have had migraines frequently, were trained to use music and relaxing procedures to reduce their headaches. Studies have also shown that music helps students with their intelligence levels (www.bellaonline.com/articles/). A majority of students had higher test scores than others because they listened to Mozart before their exam. People who listened to classical music for an hour and a half while revising manuscripts increased their accuracy by 21% (www.bellaonline.com/articles) (Mish 725.).

In 1993 a study was conducted on undergraduates from the Psychology Department of the University of California, Irvine. In this study students listened to ten minutes of Mozart. The result being that after listening to Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos K448, these test subjects scored significantly higher in spatial reasoning skills, in fact, the participants’ spatial IQ scores rose 8 to 9 points. Unfortunately, the results of this single exposure were found to be short-term, only lasting 10 to 15 minutes (Rauscher, Shaw & Ky, 1993). Out of this one study grew an entire industry as parents, anxious to turn their children into baby geniuses, purchased product after product of classical music designed to enhance the cognitive progress through the “Mozart Effect.” In addition, educators, quickly jumped on board this Mozart train. Programs were funded and initiatives initiated all to take advantage of this new discovery, much to the chagrin of music scholars who saw the funding of music programs for cognitive development as an erosion of classical music education (cite). Can listening to music make you smarter? Since 1993 when

Jennifer’s idea that classical music helps the focus and concentration is correct. It is scientifically proven that this kind of music stimulates the brain. What about the other genres of music, one may ask? Not all are as helpful and uplifting as the classical genre. The music of today, while being catchy in tune, has

It is no doubt that music has played a vital role in our society. Everything from loud, head-banging concerts to religious ceremonies have utilized the medium of music because of its awe-inspiring qualities. Music is basically the control of sound. We can control this sound by varying the pitch, tempo, octaves, dynamics and so on. There are thousands of ways that we can use music and to shape it to how we want to hear it. But how much has music influenced the way we think today? Why is it so popular?

In recent years it’s become noticeable that students are using all different forms of music to help them while studying or doing homework. When listening to music one may notice how that person may tap their foot or drum their fingers, even though they appear to be focused on the task in front of them. The rhythm of the piece, whether it is fast or slow, causes the listener’s heartbeat to synch with it (How Music Affects Our Mood, 2014). The question however is which music to listen to. In some studies, test subjects show that the louder the music the more distracted the subjects became (Manthei, 2014). Doctor Emma Gray, a clinical psychologist in Britain, says, “If you choose the right music for the topic you are