Evolutionary Psychology of Why Do We Enjoy Music
"Dr John Powell, a Visiting Professor of Materials Science at the University of Nottingham said: The sounds of music are not the same as noises. Your ears are there to make sure you stay alive: they're a warning system, designed to analyse sounds for danger. But we can quickly recognise that a musical instrument is unlikely to be lethal. When you hear music, your ear drum moves in and out in a regular, repeated way, many times a second. We recognise that it's not dangerous, so we can focus on the harmonies and tunes – and enjoy them." Moreover, we don't enjoy bad music, we enjoy the music that has a repetitive rhythm in it, as we listen to it we wait for that rhythm to arrive again, and just as it does we have feelings of accomplishment. Depending upon our culture and habits we like different types of music. It's also manifestation of human urge of pleasure, that sometimes we find in paintings, art, and religion. A soothing or good music gives us feelin