Everything has a different meaning, and everything has its intoxicating qualities. Music makes me intoxicated, ask me why? Just because music has its unique charm, it intoxicates me, makes me strong and brave. The music makes people daydream, just like the beautiful moonlight, the music makes me intoxicated. Whenever I quarreled or had a disagreement with my classmates, the beautiful song "Friendship lasts forever" would ring in my ears from time to time, and I was intoxicated. Music has the power to urge me to get along well with my friends. This is the charm of music. Whenever I miss and care, the song "Care" will ring in my ears. I will be intoxicated and my tears will fall. Every word in the song makes me feel deeply. This is The power of music. Whenever I feel wronged and sad. When I am sad, the song "The Night of Stars Cry" keeps ringing in my ears. I will also look up at the stars and tell myself not to cry anymore, but to learn from the stars and work hard to shine. Don't be sad. Whenever I encounter problems in study, When I encounter difficulties, I hear the song "Let Yourself Go Free", and I will learn to let myself go, sprint hard, overcome difficulties, and move forward courageously... Whenever I am willful and naughty, I always think of the song "Willful and Naughty", Only then did I tell myself, stop being willful and learn, everything...all of this is the power of music, which made me change the impossible fact. The endless power of music made me intoxicated, It is music that makes me determined to be a happy "elf". It is music that makes me turn sadness into laughter. It is music that makes me move forward bravely and never shrink back. It is music that teaches many truths...

Everyone has their own piece of heaven, and everyone has their own intoxicating things. Let us let it guide every moment of our lives, ride the wind and let it melt the air. Believe me, with the company of music, I am not lonely.

Music makes me intoxicated forever...

Attached: The advantages of music

1. Music originates from nature

As mentioned in the preface It contains some myths and legends about music and nature, which reflect reality in a unique way. It can enlighten our minds, inspire us to recognize the close connection between music, and provide some clues. However, if we really want to explore how music originated from nature, we cannot rely on legends, but must carefully examine the history of music's occurrence and development.

The word "music" is a commonly used word, and it is also a word that people, regardless of gender, old or young, are very familiar with, and it does not require much explanation. However, if we want to truly understand the relationship between music and nature, we need to start from the word music and understand its meaning. Open Cihai and find the entry "Music". We will see this explanation under the entry:

"Music is a kind of art. It expresses people's emotions through the artistic image formed by organized music. Thoughts and feelings reflect real life. The basic elements of music are melody and rhythm. Other important means of expression include harmony, polyphony, orchestration, etc. Music is a 'time art' that must be felt and produced by the audience through playing and singing. Artistic effect?"

No need to explain more. From this passage, we can not only understand the meaning of the word music, but also understand the composition of music and its basic elements, what content it wants to express, and How its artistic appeal or artistic effect is produced? From the following description, you will see that all of this is related to "nature".

(1) Musical sounds originate from nature

Everyone knows that all kinds of things have their basic structural units. Elements are composed of atoms, and the basic structural units of compounds are molecules. The basic unit is the cell, and music is similar to it. It also has its own "atoms" or "cells", which are musical sounds.

Music sounds refer to relatively harmonious and pleasant sounds, which originally existed in nature. When people walk into the forest, they will hear the chirping of orioles and the singing of hundreds of birds; when people walk to the water's edge, they will hear the gurgling water and splashing waves; when people walk into the mountain caves and knock on the white stalactite pillars, they will hear The sound of ding-dong echoed in the cave. Su Dongpo recorded this kind of music in nature in his "Shizhongshan Ji"①. There are many "stone caves" (xià, gaps) under the Shizhong Mountain. When the water raises shock waves, it will stir up music like bells and drums.

Between the two mountains and about to enter the port, there is a large stone flowing in the middle, which can seat hundreds of people. Su Shi compared these natural sounds to the Wushe Bell made during the reign of King Zhou Jing and the singing mirror of Wei Xianzi, which shows how beautiful the music is.

Coincidentally, there is a spring in Tunisia, called the "Music Spring". The place where the Music Spring flows out is very similar to the topography of Stone Bell Mountain. There is also a hollow rock there, and the water flowing through it will be divided into thousands of streams. The small streams collide and sing with each other, making ever-changing sounds.

The sounds of nature are far more than this. The singing of birds in spring, the croaking of frogs in summer, and the chirping of cicadas in autumn are all musical. Inspired by these sounds, our ancestors will naturally develop The singing voice given by nature sings loudly.

Different from modern music synthesizers that manually control the sound, the composition of these natural sounds, including human singing, follows natural laws (physical laws) that are independent of human voice. Its pitch is determined by the fundamental tone, and the timbre depends on the composition of the harmonics. The frequency of the harmonics and the fundamental tone form a certain proportional relationship. The intensity of the fundamental tone is the strongest, and the intensity of the harmonics weakens as the ratio between its frequency and the fundamental frequency increases. The frequency of the fundamental frequency and the composition of the harmonics are not determined by humans, but are affected by the physics of vibration and waves. What is controlled is the person's singing voice. What the singer controls is only the method of vocalization and cannot change the physical laws. These various musical sounds are transmitted to people's ears, and through the natural response of the auditory organs given by nature, people can "hear" a variety of pleasant sounds. This kind of natural music, as Su Dongpo said in his "Ode to the Former Red Cliff": "The ear can hear it and make it sound", "it is inexhaustible and inexhaustible, it is the endless treasure of the creator."① However, can humans only "passively" enjoy the natural music generously gifted by this natural creation forever? No matter what the reasons were, our ancestors did not make such a choice but used their unique creativity. While making various labor tools, they also made their own "music playing" tools - musical instruments.

However, are the "music sounds" produced by people through musical instruments completely disconnected from nature?

Of course not. There are many musical instruments that are accompanied by moving legends that are closely related to natural music. In the Greek mythology mentioned earlier, the panpipe was caused by the natural sound of reeds. In China, there is a story that the natural sound of bamboo tubes caused the flute. Legend has it that there is a place called Ghost Country in the Jiushi Mountain area of ??Miaoling. The women of the Shui Tribe here all have good voices and often sing loudly. The old emperor of the Ghost Kingdom was named A Ben. Because he was born with a hoarse voice, he was very jealous of other people's beautiful singing voices. He issued a ban on singing and anyone who sang would be beheaded. There is a village in Yantou of Jiushi Mountain called Nanzhu Village. In Nanzhu Village there is a young bamboo craftsman named Zhulang, and a beautiful country girl named Yamei. Zhulang and Yamei loved singing very much. They sang wherever they went, regardless of the emperor's ban. One day Zhulang and Yamei were sitting on the slope singing to each other when they suddenly heard a pleasant sound. So I followed the sound to look for it. I looked around and found that it was the sound made by the wind blowing diabolo. Zhulang thought of a novel way. He took a section of bamboo, bored it, and dug seven more holes in it. Zhulang blew it with his mouth, and the sound was very beautiful, and he could play different tunes. At Yamei's urging, Zhulang named the instrument flute.

Although Zhulang was later killed by poisoned wine by the ferocious emperor, and Yamei was killed in the Golden Palace to resist the emperor's proposal, the "bamboo flute", an instrument inspired by natural music, remained. down until now.

There has never been a need to verify the authenticity of legends, but legends always have a core of "truth". When it sounds, and then compare it with Su Dongpo's "The Story of Stone Bell Mountain", who can draw an insurmountable gap between this ingenious human creation and the miracle produced by "natural creation"? When listening to folk artists playing various bird songs in "A Hundred Birds Pay Attendance to the Phoenix" with great emotion and emotion, who can argue that the music does not originate from the singing of hundreds of birds in nature? Ji Kang once wrote in his "Qin Fu":

Remember the towering trees,

Backed by the majestic hills;

Containing the mellowness of heaven and earth,

Sucking the light of the sun and the moon

Containing the mellowness of heaven and earth,

Music is so closely connected with nature .

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Why listen to music?

1. Music is closely related to human evolution:

Recently, some scientists have proposed that music, like walking upright and language function, is an ability that humans gradually formed during the process of evolution. Appeared in the early history of mankind and helped people survive in harsh environments.

First of all, music is everywhere. From the three-step dance on the Amazon River to the hot dance in Amsterdam, no matter which corner of the world or which culture, music is regarded as an important and indispensable part.

In fact, the "Divjebabeflute" carved on bones discovered by scientists in Slovenia is the oldest musical instrument. This instrument dates back to 40,000 years ago, when humans throughout Europe and North America were still living under a blanket of ice and snow.

If this oldest musical instrument has existed for 40,000 years, then vocal music may have existed twice as long or even more. Professor Harry estimated that it may have existed when the human race was first formed. With music.

Another fact that supports the biological basis of music is that some people cannot distinguish the tones after the brain's hearing is damaged, but when he sees the corresponding lyrics of the song, he can Nine times out of ten you can hear it.

Of course, there are also many people who are skeptical of this statement. In a book titled "How the Brain Works" written in 1997, Steven Pinker said that compared with language, vision, social skills, and physical strength, the human lifestyle is not as effective without music. What fundamental changes will there be? Pinker believes that music is something invented by people. Because it can bring great pleasure to people's body and mind, it has continued and developed continuously. In other words, people invented music because they like it.

Sandra Tohabo from the University of Toronto in the United States commented on Pinker’s point of view and said that his statement is very clever, but it is not correct. Tohapo has traveled around the world and found that no matter where she is, mothers sing to their babies in almost the same way: with a high pitch, a slow melody, and an emotional tone. Although each culture has its own lullaby, they are so similar that even if you don't understand the language at all, you can still recognize it as a lullaby.

This gave her a revelation: music is not a human invention. If we all use music to communicate with our babies, it is an instinctive way of communication between mother and baby.

Therefore, if a musical gene appears in the early stages of humankind, those who possess these musical genes will be more likely to have healthy offspring, and each generation will enjoy music as a gift. benefits to them. Music makes each individual more attractive to the opposite sex. Even Darwin himself was very satisfied with this explanation of music, but many scholars disagree with this view, because judging from many situations in the biological world, peacocks use tail feathers to attract Of the opposite sex, moose use antlers to attract the opposite sex, and larks use singing to attract the opposite sex, but all these phenomena are manifested in male animals. For humans, music is unique to both sexes.

Perhaps we will never know how music developed in the long history, but in any case, music is our extremely precious wealth.

2. Music is also related to human health

In recent years, many scientists have confirmed through scientific research that music has a positive effect on people’s physical and mental health, and music has many wonderful benefits. Function.

An American medical scientist once counted the ages of 35 famous deceased American music conductors. Their average lifespan was 73.4 years, which was 5 years higher than the average lifespan of American men. According to surveys in Germany, Italy and other countries, people who often listen to music usually live 5 to 10 years longer than people who do not listen to music.

Music therapy has become popular in many countries. The medical community has determined through clinical experiments that music is very effective in relaxing the body and mind, cheering up, and inducing sleep. Physiologically, music can cause changes in breathing, blood pressure, heart beat, and blood flow. Some types of music can also stimulate the body to release endorphins, a natural opiate, which can relax the body and mind and relieve pain.

In 1972, the Polish government established the first "Music Therapy Institute" based on the suggestions of several pathologists and musicologists, which achieved miraculous results. Soon, state-owned hospitals in Britain, the United States, Japan and other countries also adopted music therapy methods. For example, listening to music three times a day after meals can treat neurogenic gastritis; listening to lyrical music to patients with hypertension can lower blood pressure; listening to soft and relaxing music to frightened people can calm the patient and even return to normal. .

Why does the human body react in specific musical environments? Researchers in the medical field believe that this is closely related to the rhythm of human cells themselves. When the vibrations of human body cells are coordinated with external rhythms, people will feel comfortable.

Westerners believe that listening to Western music, especially classical music, has the best effect. Some experts point out that Schubert's music can help insomniacs fall asleep, Bach's music can relieve indigestion, and Mozart's music can relieve the pain of rheumatoid arthritis. Some also say that Mozart’s music can relieve fatigue and revive the spirit.

The Chinese medical community has also conducted extensive research on the health-preserving effects of music. According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the characteristics of the five Chinese tones (Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng, and Yu) coincide with the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire, and earth). For example, Gongyin is majestic and broad, with the characteristics of "earth", and can enter the "spleen" among the five internal organs; Shangyin is clear and solemn, with the characteristics of "gold", and can enter the "lung"; Jiaoyin belongs to "wood", and can enter the "spleen" of the five internal organs. Enters the "liver"; Zhengyin belongs to "fire" and can enter the "heart"; Yuyin belongs to "water" and can enter the "kidney". The five tones and the five internal organs, two seemingly completely different concepts, interact with each other through the "five elements".

The so-called "appropriate music environment" in the West is chosen based on the individual's constitution in the East. For example, "fire" type people should choose "water" music to reduce impetuous emotions, and "water" type people should choose "water" music. Listening to "fire" music can enhance the function of the kidneys. People with the "wood" type are indecisive, so they can listen to "gold" music to motivate themselves.

However, not all music is beneficial to people's physical and mental health. A foreign psychologist once analyzed 208 members of three different symphony orchestras. The results found that most of the band members who mainly played classical music were in a stable and happy mood; more than 70% of the band members who mainly played modern music or mainly played modern music suffered from neurosis, and more than 60% were irritable. More than 22% of people are depressed, and some people often suffer from insomnia, headaches, earaches and diarrhea. Others have conducted surveys on some music lovers and found that in families who often appreciate classical music, the relationship between people is harmonious; people who often appreciate romantic music have cheerful personalities and active thoughts; while those who are keen on noisy modern music In families where music is played, there are constant quarrels among members. It is said that long-term listening to this kind of music can strongly stimulate the nervous system and even destroy the normal functions of the heart and vascular system.

3. Music is also closely related to children

Listening to music can enhance memory

The results of a study by the Chinese University of Hong Kong show that music training can not only cultivate In addition to treating temperament, it can also enhance language memory.

Among the 60 female students from Chinese University who were tested, those who had received music training as children could memorize 17% more written materials than those who had not received music training.

Chen Ruiyan, a professor at the Department of Psychology at the Chinese University who is responsible for this study, said that previous research on brain intelligence has found that the left brain of musicians is larger than that of ordinary people. Their left brain may be more developed than that of ordinary people, and their left brain The brain is also mainly responsible for language memory. Therefore, receiving formal music training is likely to improve the development of people's left brain and improve the language forgetting ability controlled by the left brain.

This research is also good news for some amnesia patients whose language skills are affected. Since learning music does not require language skills, if patients have the opportunity to learn and enjoy music, their memory may gradually improve.

Develop children's musical memory

Developing children's musical memory is an important part of intellectual development, and it is the basis for creating musical activities.

How to develop children's music memory?

1. Timely review and repetition of memory methods. When cultivating children's musical memory, they should be allowed to sing some songs or dance some dances repeatedly every day. Generally, most children can remember it after repeating it 3 to 4 times. However, because children begin to forget quickly, especially in a short period of time, they forget a lot, and then gradually reduce it. Therefore, the principle of "dense first and then sparse" should be adopted for repeated exercises, so as to avoid forgetting.

2. Imagery and Intuition Method Since children are young, their thinking methods are mainly image and intuition, and their emotions are fast, so adults should use the image and intuition method to develop children's music memory.

3. In music activities, adults should mobilize children's multiple senses and conduct memory training in multiple forms and channels.

4. Incorporate memory training into children’s daily activities. In games, imagination is extremely active and rich, and memory is developed through repeated activities. Adults should allow children to have fun and develop memory in games.

Music can make children beautiful

According to research conducted by relevant US scientific research departments, it is found that regular listening to music can change the appearance of children and make them beautiful.

From a genetic perspective, a person’s facial appearance is determined by genetic genes. If you want to fundamentally change your appearance, you must go to the hospital for plastic surgery. However, experts point out that using music can change a young child's appearance.

Always let young children listen to some cheerful music, and use music to stimulate their nerves, which will help them grow physically and mentally healthily. The Japan Early Childhood Development Association has conducted experiments on this point and achieved good results. They gathered dozens of newly born children and took photos and videos one by one as original data. Then Mozart's serenade is played three times a day in the morning, afternoon and evening. There was no change at first, but after four months, the faces of these children had changed a lot. Their expressions were more lively than ordinary children, their movements were coordinated, and even their eyes were fundamentally different from ordinary children.

It can be seen that letting children listen to more beautiful music in early childhood will not only develop the child's intelligence, but also make the child's face beautiful. It can be seen that the charm of music is endless .

How music promotes children’s intellectual development

The popular prenatal education music currently on the market is very popular. Those melodious, soft and melodious tunes not only make the mother feel relaxed and happy, but also make the mother’s body feel happy. The fetuses can also be infected, so that the "intrauterine world" they live in is as full of sunlight as outside the mother's body, making them healthy, beautiful and smart. Why can music promote children's intellectual development?

When people appreciate music, whether they are adults or children, they often feel a sense of intoxication. Music can make you forget the troubled world around you and enter a fairy-like world. No wonder psychologists often call for making good use of beautiful music to regulate your emotions and cultivate your character. For children, they have a fondness for music since before they are born. They continue to develop their interest in music after birth. They have initially developed the ability to appreciate music at the age of 3 or 4. Music can make children enjoy a deep love and fill their mood with joy. This emotion will promote the development and perfection of the nervous system, regulate blood flow and nervous system activity, and is beneficial to the development of children's memory, understanding, imaginative thinking and other abilities.

Many scholars have conducted research on music and found that differences in the fret, tone, rhythm, melody, and sound quality of music can produce different functions in the human body, such as calming, analgesia, and regulating emotions.

Human emotion is a complex activity that is closely related to the cerebral cortex, hypothalamus, and limbic lobes. Therefore, beautiful music can make children feel happy. This kind of pleasant emotion can effectively improve and adjust the physiological functions of the cerebral cortex and limbic lobes, thereby making the child's nervous system develop more perfectly. This effect is unmatched by other education, which is why the works of those music masters have been spread all over the world and have endured for a long time.

Children’s music activities include singing, music appreciation, rhythm instruments, music games and dance, etc. Through these activities, children have enhanced their ability to appreciate music and broadened their knowledge horizons. This has a surprising effect not only on ordinary children, but also on mentally retarded children. There was once a child with "intelligence deficiency". Under the training of the school's music teacher, he went from listening to music to participating in percussion performances to dancing to the music. As a result, the child's intelligence was greatly improved. This cannot but illustrate the important role of music in enlightening children's intelligence.

Some families also prepare musical instruments for their children, allowing them to start learning music from an early age. This kind of playing activity makes children's hands more coordinated. As Atlas, professor of medicine at the University of California, USA, pointed out after years of research: "People who learn to play musical instruments, due to the regular movement of the nerve endings of their left and right fingers, can promote the development of the two hemispheres of the brain." Because when playing, vision, hearing, touch and The entire body must be in a coordinated and active state, so it can train children's thinking, attention and memory, and inspire imagination and creativity. Experiments have shown that children who study music learn other subjects faster.

It can be seen that parents should not ignore the power of music. This kind of power may not be obvious in a short period of time, but in the end, the hidden ability will eventually show up.

4. Music is the unity of physical and psychological feelings

The reason why music has the effect of treating diseases is because music can have a special effect on people's psychological state and physical condition. role. This effect is achieved through psychological and physical effects.

In terms of psychological effects, music can directly affect people's emotions and behaviors. We know that music has various beats and rhythms, and the human body also has various physiological rhythms, such as pulse, breathing, etc. If they cooperate well, music can regulate the physiological rhythm. And because the human body has an obvious instinct to follow the rhythm of music, the speed of the music rhythm can also drive the rhythm of body movements. The "harp" in folk songs can reflect this effect. As a means of treatment, music can act on the psychology through artistic appeal and emotional guidance, which can not only enhance the body's disease resistance, but also eliminate mental blockages. Music with a distinct rhythm can uplift people's emotions, such as military music and marches, which generally have a distinct sense of rhythm and can make people excited, excited, and passionate; music with beautiful and melodious melody can make people feel calm, relaxed and happy. In addition, music can also affect people's emotions through tone. This phenomenon has been noticed as early as ancient Greece. They believe that the key of E is stable, the key of D is warm, the key of C is gentle, the key of B is sad, and the key of A is high.

We know that human emotional activities are closely related not only to the cerebral cortex, but also to the human endocrine system, autonomic nervous system, hypothalamus and limbic system. The limbic system of the brain is the highest center that regulates and controls the activities of human internal organs. In this way, music that makes people relaxed, happy, comfortable and cheerful can improve and strengthen the functions of the cerebral cortex, limbic system and autonomic nervous system, thereby better controlling and enhancing the normal activities of various internal organ systems of the human body. However, music therapy does not simply obtain therapeutic effects from appreciation; it is used as an activity to achieve therapeutic effects. Because the music itself is a structure, a practical and regular organization composed of various notes. To participate in music therapy activities, patients must learn and pay attention to the entirety of the music from beginning to end. In this way, the patient must concentrate and make a certain amount of effort, that is, through music activities, the patient can be trained to concentrate and have the ability to concentrate. However, many patients, especially those with mental illness and neurosis, lack this ability.

At the same time, music activities can also train patients to master or recover some new skills, such as mastering the melody, tone, rhythm, harmony of various pieces of music through singing, and the ability to coordinate with others; mastering the skills of various musical instruments through musical instrument playing. Performance, playing method and ability to cooperate with each other; this can encourage patients to increase their enjoyment of life and understand the meaning of life, thus increasing their initiative and self-confidence in life, which is beneficial to physical and mental health.

In terms of physical effects, music can affect the physiological functions of the human body through sound. Sound is the vibration of sound waves, a kind of physical energy. Music is sound wave vibration of a certain frequency, which acts on various vibration systems in the human body to produce beneficial vibrations and coordinate the rhythm of various organs. This coordination is an important factor for physical and mental health. On the other hand, beautiful music sound waves act on the brain, increase nerve excitability, and promote the body to secrete some healthy hormones, enzymes, acetylcholine and other substances through the regulation of neurohumoral fluids, which regulate blood flow, promote blood circulation and It can stimulate gastrointestinal motility and saliva secretion, strengthen metabolism and other functions, thus making people energetic and full of youthful vitality. The use of music in foreign countries to replace anesthetic drugs for caesarean section and tooth extraction operations does not achieve results simply by diverting the patient's attention or suggesting effects. It, like acupuncture, has a physiological and biochemical basis. The mechanism of acupuncture analgesia is not fully understood, but it has been found to be related to the increase in endorphins in the human body. Therefore, differences in the rhythm, melody, speed, coordination, etc. of the music can show different effects such as sedative, exciting, analgesic, antihypertensive, and mood-regulating effects.

Because music can affect people’s physiological and psychological activities, especially emotional activities, people can use music to improve and regulate the physiological and psychological functions of the human body, thereby achieving disease treatment, health and fitness. , the purpose of improving health.