Work on the human brain has indicated how different parts are centres of activity for different skills, feelings, perceptions and so on. It has also been shown that the left and right halves, or hemispheres, of the brain are responsible for different functions. While language is processed in the left, or analytical hemisphere, music is processed in the right, or emotional hemisphere. Aspects of music like tone, pitch and melody are all probably processed in different parts of the brain. Some features of musical experience are processed not just in the auditory parts of the brain, but in the visual ones. We don’t yet fully understand theimplications of this. The tempo of music seems to be directly related to its emotional impact, with fast music often felt as happier and slower music as sadder. It is the same with the major biological rhythm of the body: our heart ratequickens when we’re happy, but slows when we’re sad. Military music may have evolved from attempts to get us ready for battle by using fast drumming to stimulate our hearts into beating faster. Music is perhaps one of the most complex experiences the brain copes with and it has become an absolutely vital part of our rituals and ceremonies. It has power beyond language to communicate mood and co-ordinate our emotional states.
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