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Music

Music is art based on the value, functionality and concatenation of sounds.

It can get to involve the body, to arouse the desire to move, for example with dance, tribal dances, etc. No other art comes even remotely close to the emotional abilities of music. What is special about this art? What parts of us does he speak so loudly? And how does it do it? Certain pieces of music arouse emotions as they are linked to significant moments in our life. Music evokes memories and these, in turn, evoke emotions. It is memories rather than music that arouse this. But a music can evoke emotions even when we hear it for the first time: it evokes them not because it is already linked to our previous experiences. They do this by producing a suitable response to life-critical situations and by predisposing the body to provide that response in the most efficient way.

The emotional effects of music are produced, with different mechanisms, by the notes and the rhythm. The effects of the rhythm are simple, and essentially depend on the speed of the music. This is measured in beats per minute, where, to put it in the simplest and least exact way possible, the beats are those with which we would clap our hands while listening to music.