Music Therapy: Classical Music, Mozart Effect  can improve Brain Health
Music Therapy:
Classical Music, Mozart Effect  can improve Brain Health
Classical Music Alters the Brain–Here’s How
The main difference between classical and pop music is that classical music has unique rules that the brain likes.
By Flora Zhao
Clear Evidence
One study published in the 1990s in the journal Nature drew people’s attention.
Three groups of participants were instructed to…
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Music by Mozart has been shown to have an anti-epileptic effect on the brain and may be a possible treatment to prevent epileptic seizures, according to new research presented today at the 7th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN)1.
Researchers believe that the acoustic (physical) properties within the music are responsible for this effect.
Listening to the famous 18th century composer's Sonata for Two Pianos K448 led to a 32% reduction in epileptiform discharges (EDs). These are electrical brain waves associated with epilepsy and can cause seizures or bursts of electrical activity that temporarily affect how the brain works.
A team led by Professor Ivan Rektor, from the Epilepsy Centre at the Hospital St Anne and CEITEC Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, compared the effects of listening to Mozart's Sonata for Two Pianos K448 with Haydn's Symphony No 94. The effects on brain activity were measured by intracerebral electrodes that had been implanted in the brains of epilepsy patients prior to surgery.
"To our surprise, there were significant differences between the effects of listening to Mozart's K448 and Haydn's No 94", commented Professor Rektor. "Listening to Mozart led to a 32% decrease in EDs, but listening to Haydn's No 94 caused a 45% increase."
"In the second part of our study, we set out to explain the 'Mozart effect' in epilepsy", furthered Professor Rektor. The study found that men and women responded differently to the two pieces of music. Listening to Haydn's music led to suppressed epileptiform discharges only in women; in the men, there was an increase of epileptiform discharges. The acoustic properties, such as the rhythm, dynamics and tone, showed that the acoustic features of music composition have a different effect on men and women.
"We believe the physical 'acoustic' features of the Mozart music affect brain oscillations - or brain waves - which is responsible for reducing EDs".
Researchers have previously hypothesised that the Mozart effect in epilepsy was connected to the emotional effects of music, as dopamine (the main neurotransmitters of the brain's reward system) is released when listening to music. Still, there is no direct proof of the mechanism.
"We found that the reduction in EDs was larger in the lateral temporal lobe, which the part of the brain which participates in translating acoustic signals, rather than in the mesiotemporal limbic region, which plays an important role in the emotional response to music."
"The effects of listening to music on epilepsy cannot be explained by the effect of dopamine released by the reward system", explained Professor Rektor. "Our patients were not music connoisseurs and said they were emotionally indifferent to the two pieces of music. There was, therefore, no reason to believe that K448 evoked more pleasure than No. 94."
Experts believe the study's findings could pave the way for individualised music therapies to be developed to prevent and control epileptic seizures in the future and have called for more research into the effects of music on the brain. Epilepsy affects 6 million people in Europe, and 15 million Europeans have one seizure at some time in their lives.
"Based on our research, we suggest studying the use of musical pieces with well-defined acoustic properties as a non-invasive method to reduce epileptic activity in patients with epilepsy", concluded Professor Rektor.
When one of your favorite tunes comes on the radio, how does it make you feel?
The fact that it’s a favorite often means there’s a connection to a specific memory.
Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Free Bird” is reminiscent of my high school years and coming-of-age. As seniors, we chose it for our class song. It was the one we marched to, diplomas in hand, out of the auditorium and into the rest of our lives.
Getting interrupted by the postprandial chattering in the living room while reading "One hundred years of solitude", putting on earphones and playing "jeevamshamayi " in a half volume, continuing with the book relieved.
The Sonata for Two Pianos in D major, K. 448 is a piano work composed in 1781 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, at 25 years of age. It is written in strict sonata-allegro form, with three movements.
The sonata was composed for a performance he would give with fellow pianist Josephine von Aurnhammer. Mozart composed this in the galant style, with interlocking melodies and simultaneous cadences. This is one of his only formal compositions written exclusively for two pianos.
This sonata was also used in the scientific study that tested the theory of the Mozart Effect, suggesting that classical music increases brain activity more positively than other kinds of music.
The sonata is written in three movements.
1. Allegro con spirito
2. Andante
3. Molto Allegro
The first movement begins in D major, and sets the tonal center with a strong introduction. The two pianos divide the main melody for the exposition, and when the theme is presented both play it simultaneously.
Mozart spends little time in the development introducing a new theme unlike most sonata forms, and begins the recapitulation, repeating the first theme. The entire second movement is played Andante, in a very relaxed pace. The melody is played with both pianos, but there is no strong climax in this movement. It is written in a strict ABA form. Molto Allegro begins with a galloping theme. The cadences used in this movement are similar to those in Mozart's Rondo alla Turca.
According to the British Epilepsy Organization, research has suggested that Mozart's K 448 can have the "Mozart effect", in that listening to the piano sonata improved spatial reasoning skills and reduce the number of seizures in people with epilepsy.
Apart from another Mozart Concerto, K 488, only one other piece of music has been found to have a similar effect, a song by the Greek composer Yanni, entitled "Acroyali / Standing In Motion", which is featured on his album Yanni Live at the Acropolis.
It was determined to have the "Mozart effect", by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine because it was similar to Mozart's K 448 in tempo, structure, melodic and harmonic consonance and predictability.
The Sonata for Two Pianos in D major, K. 448 that you are listening here is definitely the best interpretation of this truly wonderful sonata. Such clear and crystalline playing, with beautiful voicing throughout, bringing out all the special things in the music. Lovely contrasts between the compelling spiritedness of the first movement and the sheer beauty of the Andante. The third movement is my favourite, and Haebler and Hoffmann really bring out the fun and Mozartian humour in the music, never rushing, but always producing such a colourful gone. To top it all off, you can always hear the dialogue and interaction between the two pianos. Really exceptionally played.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on January 27, 1756. I felt the “Mozart Effect” at the Morgan Library & Museum:) I recall a fun “low-tech” learning experience that I used with groups of teenagers. I asked them to try to solve the challenging “Scramble Squares” puzzle, while listening to Mozart. The music helped with their concentration. Modern researchers have called this the “Mozart Effect.” But, for centuries, people have known that listening to classical music is good for you! (Photo taken on January 11, 2019)
Intelligence Music: Â Does Mozart Really Make You Smarter?
Many people ask, “Does Mozart’s music make you smarter?”
Well, the answer is “yes,” and “no.” There’s lots to consider!
Mozart’s music is powerful and complex, but there’s a lot of classical music that is powerful—music for studying and concentration, and focusing music.
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Book: Good Music Brighter Children by Sharlene Habermeyer https://amzn.to/2OwUxxO
Book: Mozart Effect by Don Campbell https://amzn.to/2SUW1pa
Book: This is Your Brain on Music by Daniel Levitan https://amzn.to/2ASfYGk
CD: Mozart For Your Mind https://amzn.to/2RHDX07
CD: Mozart For Meditation https://amzn.to/2D9GwV2
Blog: Does Mozart Make You Smarter? If so, how? https://goodparentingbrighterchildren.com/does-mozart-make-you-smarter/
Blog: 4 Insanely Awesome Ways Music Helps Kids Who Struggle https://goodparentingbrighterchildren.com/music-builds-brain/
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