Rock affects the psyche. The influence of rock music on the human body

In the head of every person at least once in his life, the question arose of how exactly music affects his emotional state. More attentive and curious people are wondering what impact musical works of various genres, in particular the rock genre, have on a person. Fortunately, the answers to these questions can now be easily found on the Internet.

What is rock music?

Rock is a large-scale musical movement with a deep and very entertaining history. Like any other genre of music, rock has a number of distinctive features. In particular, rock music is characterized by a hard and continuous rhythm, characterized by clarity and regularity.

Rock is divided into many independent directions, which include rock and roll, psychedelic and even symphonic rock. It is impossible to clearly define what exactly led to the formation of this musical genre, but one of the most common explanations is the protest of the then youth against the moral principles of the older generation.

Representatives of the rock community characterize the goals pursued by them in different ways at the time they created their musical works. Some say that they created their compositions in the format of style and way of being, while others explain everything with creative inspiration.

The influence of rock music on a person

Many people believe that most members of the rock community are physiologically addicted to alcohol or drugs. Oddly enough, this point of view has a reasoned basis. The fact is that most rock bands during the period of mass development of this musical direction (60-80 years) included drug and alcohol addicts.

Today, the results of a large number of scientific studies on the physiological and mental effects of rock music on the human body have been published. Experiments show that from a physical point of view, rock music has a negative effect on a person, in particular because of the abundance of emotional transitions. Nevertheless, from the point of view of sociology, most talented and gifted people prefer this particular musical genre.

State educational institution

higher professional education

"Khakass State University. N.F. Katanov"

Institute of History and Law

Department of General History

The influence of rock music on the human psyche

Completed by: 3rd year student,

Institute of History and Law,

Ryabkova A.A.

Checked by: Ph.D. Anzhiganova L.V.

Introduction………………………………………………………………………3

The concept of "music" and general idea…………..……………4

The influence of music on the human body……………………………7

1. Application of the healing properties of music……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………9

   Ways of influence of rock music on the human psyche….12

3 "Music therapy". Types and forms of music therapy………………..19

Conclusion………………………………………………………………..22

Bibliographic list………………………………………………

Introduction

Every day, most of us listen to different kinds of music, which one way or another will meet somewhere, whether we like it or not - in the car, bus, supermarket, cinema, on the street, at a disco, in a bar or restaurant - everywhere wherever we are, we are accompanied by the sound of music. At the same time, hardly anyone thinks what a huge impact it has on our inner world and its outer expression - behavior.

Of course, it is unlikely that a person's character will undergo strong changes if he casually listened to a couple of songs on the radio, and then went to do his daily duties. Here we are talking about music lovers, about those who cannot live without these rhythms, for whom most of the perceived sounds are music.

Music is the object of this study. The subject is rock music.

The purpose of this project is an attempt to reveal and explain the peculiarities of the reaction of the human body to certain sound stimuli, or rather, listening to music. Many people, listening to music of various styles and genres, do not even think about its influence on their psyche and behavior. It does not matter to what extent this influence manifests itself, what character it is, what it can lead to, but with great confidence it can be argued that this influence is one way or another a fact.

Research objectives:

Expand the concept of "music".

To give a general idea of ​​the different styles and genres in music.

To highlight the problem of the healing properties of music.

Show the ways in which rock music affects a person.

Explain the concept of "music therapy".

The concept of "music" and the general idea of ​​it.

Let's start with the fact that sound waves are a physical phenomenon that occurs in various aggregate states of matter. Since time immemorial, man has been surrounded by sounds. There was also no music, but there was the singing of birds, the murmur of a stream, the rustle of brushwood and the rustle of leaves. All these sounds surrounded the person and informed him about the surrounding space. Based on innate and acquired experience, a person perceives sounds in different ways. For example, a high-pitched screech was an alarm signal. At the same time, there were soothing sounds - the sound of rain, the whistle of the wind.

From the foregoing, we can conclude that sounds of different frequencies affect a person in different ways. Scientists have found that this is directly related to the rhythms of the brain. Receiving audio information through the hearing organs, the brain analyzes it, comparing it with its own rhythms. Each person has rhythms with their own frequency. That is why the tastes for music are so different. Under old age, the functioning of processes in the brain slows down, and a person ceases to perceive fast rhythmic music, giving preference to more calm and measured compositions. And all because the brain does not keep up with the processing of rapidly changing information.

What is music? Here are some meanings of this word:

Music is the art of a harmonious and consonant combination of sounds, both sequential (melody, chant, voice) and joint (harmony, consonance, consonance); it's art in action. (Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language by Vladimir Dahl)

Music - 1) among other Greeks, the "art of the muses", that is, the art of singing and dancing, later the totality of all the fine arts necessary for the harmonious development of the spirit, as opposed to gymnastics, the art of raising a beautiful body. 2) The art of reproducing feelings and moods in sounds in order to evoke in the listener the corresponding feelings and moods. The main elements of music are rhythm, melody and harmony. Music is distinguished by content: church and secular, by means of performance: instrumental and vocal. Tool music is divided into orchestral and chamber, according to the type of instruments into wind and bow. (Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron)

Music (from the Greek musike, literally - the art of the muses), a type of art that reflects reality and affects a person through meaningful and specially organized sound sequences, consisting mainly of tones (sounds of a certain height). Music is a specific kind of sound activity of people. It is united with other varieties (speech, instrumental-sound signaling, etc.) by the ability to express a person's thoughts, emotions, and volitional processes in an audible form and serve as a means of communicating people and controlling their behavior. To the greatest extent, Music comes close to speech, more precisely, to speech intonation, which reveals a person's inner state and his emotional attitude to the world by changing the pitch and other characteristics of the sound of the voice. This relationship allows us to speak about the intonational nature of Music. At the same time, Music is essentially different from all other varieties of human sound activity. While retaining some similarity to the sounds of real life, the musical sound fundamentally differs from them in their strict pitch and temporal (rhythmic) organization. These sounds are included in the historically established systems, which are based on tones selected by the musical practice of a given society. (Great Soviet Encyclopedia)

Music is the art of a coordinated combination of sound components that affect the human psyche. Music is characterized by the impact on the emotional state of people, the ratio of frequencies (heights), loudness, duration, timbre, and transient processes. (Dictionary of social sciences)

With every decade the music becomes faster and more aggressive. If earlier foxtrot and step, and then twist, were considered dance music, later disco and eurodance appeared. A little later, electronic music was widely developed. This gave us new rhythms of 140, 150, 160 beats per minute and more. But it is known that the human body is not designed to live in these rhythms all the time. We pay for such progress with serious malfunctions in the central nervous system, sleep disturbances, depression and increased irritability.

The effect of music on the human body.

If we compare the musical sphere of art with its other branches, we can say that this is one of its most inspired forms. With its rhythm, melody, harmony, dynamics, variety of sound combinations and colors, music conveys an endless range of feelings and moods. Its strength lies in the fact that, bypassing the mind, it penetrates directly into the soul, into the subconscious and creates the mood of a person. According to its content, music can evoke a variety of feelings, urges and desires in a person. It can relax, soothe, invigorate, irritate, etc.

And these are only those influences that are recognized by our mind. At the same time, accordingly, we regulate our behavior depending on the quality of this influence. All this happens consciously, with the participation of thinking and will.

But there are influences that pass precisely “past” consciousness, settling in the deep structures of our brain and making up a significant proportion of all our meanings and motives. Of course, one cannot exaggerate the role of music in the construction of the human "I" and its behavior: there are a lot of factors, both external and internal, that influence our inner world. But one cannot deny the fact of its participation in the formation of consciousness.

The interesting thing is that just as different is the music we listen to, so different is the degree and quality of its influence on behavior.

Speaking about the influence of music on the behavior and character of a person, it is necessary to separate the music itself and the texts that it accompanies. The fact is that the lyrics act directly (they may contain direct appeals or contextual meaning), their meaning is perceived completely in accordance with their content. How then does music affect consciousness? After all, it cannot directly carry one or another semantic meaning. Simply put, music has no pure meaning. But this is only at first glance. In fact, our subconscious mind builds a whole system of abstract connections, which are the hidden "meaning" of music.

Another interesting fact noted by psychologists is the "coincidence" of artificial musical rhythms and natural biological rhythms in the body. If these rhythms are identical, the influence is amplified. In other words, if your activity is calm and measured, a quiet and moderate background music will contribute to its effectiveness, and if you are unbalanced and aggressive, then the corresponding musical rhythms, the abundance of noise in the music, will maintain this state in you. At the same time, musical and biological rhythms are interconnected, because the latter matches the former. Music is an objective, independent phenomenon in this regard, and it cannot change under the influence of our desires and moods. Therefore, it remains for us to adapt to the music, to correspond to its energy, rhythm and content.

Applying the healing properties of music

Many of the most ancient teachings contain various statements and experience, accumulated over thousands of years, of the effects of music on animals, plants and humans. In ancient times, 3 directions of the influence of music on the human body were distinguished: 1) on the spiritual essence of a person; 2) on intelligence; 3) on the physical body. It is believed that music can enhance any joy, soothe any sadness, alleviate any pain, and even banish illnesses. To all the sciences and sophistications that mankind has adopted, the ancient sages preferred the simple sounds of a melody, which they put above all else. Since the 19th century science has accumulated a lot of vital information about the impact of music on humans and living organisms, obtained as a result of experimental research. Experiments were carried out in several directions: the influence of individual musical instruments on living organisms; the influence of the music of the great geniuses of mankind; individual impact of individual works of composers; the impact on the human body of traditional folk trends in music, as well as modern trends. Scientific data are gradually accumulating, confirming the knowledge of the ancient sages that music is the most powerful source of energies that affect a person. Back in the 19th century, the scientist I. Dogel established that under the influence of music, blood pressure, the frequency of contractions of the heart muscle, the rhythm and depth of breathing, both in animals and in humans, change. The well-known Russian surgeon academician B. Petrovsky used music during complex operations: according to his observations, under the influence of music, the body begins to work more harmoniously. An outstanding psychoneurologist academician Bekhterev believed that music has a positive effect on breathing, blood circulation, eliminates growing fatigue and gives physical vigor. It has long been known that the sounds of a bell, containing resonant ultrasonic radiation, in a matter of seconds kill typhoid bacilli, pathogens of jaundice and influenza viruses, that under the influence of certain types of music, the protoplasm of plant cells accelerates its movement, and much more. The use of certain musical sounds is also used to treat diabetes. It has been found that there is a direct relationship between blood sugar levels and mental state. Thus, by changing and regulating his mental state, a person can change the level of sugar in the blood. In this, audio cassettes with the recording of the sounds of nature are of great help: the noise of the surf, the singing of birds, the roar of ocean waves, the rumble of thunder, the noise of rain. Recently, scientists from the University of Goetingham in Germany conducted an interesting experiment: they tested the effectiveness of sleep aids and tape recordings of lullabies on a group of volunteers. Surprisingly, the melodies turned out to be much more effective than medicines: the sleep after them was strong and deep in the subjects. Studies of different directions in music have shown that the leader in getting rid of depression is the music of the famous Ravi Shankar. Particular attention, as noted above, is paid to the impact of the music of the great classical geniuses and classical music in general on living organisms. For example, the creator of musical pharmacology, the American scientist Robbert Schofler, prescribes for therapeutic purposes to listen to all Tchaikovsky's symphonies and Mozart's overtures, as well as Schybert's The Forest King. Chauffler claims that these works help to speed up recovery. Scientists from Samarkand came to the conclusion that the sounds of the pickalo flute and clarinet improve blood circulation, and the slow and not loud melody of stringed instruments reduces blood pressure. According to French scientists, Ravel's "Daphnis and Chloe" can be prescribed to persons suffering from alcoholism, and Handel's music "stabilizes" the behavior of schizophrenics. Mikhail Lazarev, pediatrician, director of the children's rehabilitation treatment center, argued that classical music has a great effect on the formation of the bone structure of the fetus. To the sounds of harmonic music, the child, still in the womb of the mother, will develop harmoniously spiritually and physically. Researches of the center under the direction of Lazarev showed that musical vibrations influence the whole organism. They have a beneficial effect on the bone structure, thyroid gland, massage the internal organs, reaching deep-lying tissues, stimulating blood circulation in them. Listening to individual classical works, pregnant women are cured of cardiovascular diseases, various nervous disorders, the same thing happens with the fetus. It is especially recommended to listen to future mothers of Mozart's works. By the way, experts consider Mozart's music a phenomenon in the field of the influence of music on living organisms. For example, the British scientific journal "Nature" published an article by an American researcher from the University of California, Dr. Francis Raucher on the positive impact of Mozart's music on human intelligence. Is it possible that it not only causes emotional experiences, but also contributes to greater efficiency of mental work? The conducted experiments confirm that this is indeed the case. After listening to Mozart's piano music, the tests showed an increase in the so-called "intelligence quotient" of the students participating in the experiment by several points. An interesting fact was that Mozart's music increased the mental abilities of all participants in the experiment - both those who love Mozart and those who do not like it. At one time, Goethe noted that he always works better after listening to Beethoven's violin concerto. It has been established that Tchaikovsky's lyrical melodies, Chopin's mazyrkas, and Liszt's rhapsodies help to overcome difficulties, overcome pain, and gain mental stamina. In our complex earthly world, any phenomenon can be directed both in positive and negative directions. Music is no exception. Indeed, many musical directions act destructively on living organisms. If classical music accelerates the growth of wheat, then rock music does the opposite. If under the influence of classical music the amount of milk from lactating mothers and mammals increases, then under the influence of rock music it decreases sharply. In general, plants and animals prefer harmonious music. For example, dolphins listen to classical music with pleasure, and plants and flowers spread their leaves and petals faster to classical music. To the sounds of modern music, cows lie down and refuse to eat, plants wither faster, and a person clutters up his living space with chaotic vibrations.

2.2 Ways of influence of rock music on the human psyche

As you know, not every musical direction has a positive effect on the human body. Arguing about this pattern, we can take modern rock music as an example. This musical style has its own distinctive features or means of influencing the psyche:

1. Hard rhythm

2. Monotonous repetitions

3. Volume, super frequencies

4. Light effect

1. Rhythm is one of the strong ways of influencing the human body. Simple but powerful rhythms force a person to respond (movements to the rhythm), from ecstasy to hallucinations, from hysteria to loss of consciousness.

The Voodoo cult used a special rhythm that, with a special sequence of musical rhythm and incantations during pagan rituals, could put a person into a state of trance or ecstasy. A well-thought-out system of rhythms controlled the human body and psyche, like a tool in the hands of Voodoo priests. American blacks who adopted these rhythms used them as dance music, gradually moving from blues to heavier rhythms.

The perception of musical rhythm is associated with the functions of the hearing aid. The dominant rhythm first captures the motor center of the brain, and then stimulates some of the hormonal functions of the endocrine system. But the main blow is directed at those parts of the brain that are closely related to the sexual functions of a person. The drumming was used by Bacchantes to drive themselves into a frenzy, and in some tribes, executions were carried out with the help of similar rhythms.

The ability for analysis, sound judgment, and logic is no less strongly affected. It turns out to be very blunted, and sometimes even neutralized. It is in this state of mental and moral confusion that the wildest passions are given the green light. The barriers of morality are destroyed, automatic reflexes and natural defense mechanisms disappear.

American psychologist and musicologist Janet Podell writes: "The power of rock has always been based on the sexual energy of its rhythms. These feelings in children frightened their parents, who saw rock as a threat to their children and were, of course, right. Rock and roll and you able to make you move, dance so that you forget about everything in the world.

Particular attention should be paid to the influence of frequencies used in rock music, which have a special effect on the brain. The rhythm acquires narcotic properties when combined with ultra-low (15-30 hertz) and ultra-high (80,000 hertz) frequencies.

If the rhythm is a multiple of one and a half beats per second and is accompanied by a powerful pressure of ultra-low frequencies, then it can cause ecstasy in a person. With a rhythm equal to two beats per second at the same frequencies, the listener falls into a dance trance, similar to a drug. An excess of both high and low frequencies seriously injures the brain. At rock concerts, sound contusions, sound burns, hearing loss and memory loss are not uncommon.

2. Monotonous repetitions. Rock music can be described as monotonous, motor-like music, through which listeners can fall into a passive state. Through repeated listening, the ability to more quickly turn off and achieve a state of passivity is brought up. It may not seem at first glance to be a great danger, but the whole trouble is that the state of passivity and disconnection is one of the most important means of entering into communication with otherworldly forces. The defenseless audience is completely unaware that there is a deep invasion into the holy-holy of their being - consciousness and subconsciousness. Once in the subconscious, these impulses are deciphered, reconstructed, to be transmitted through memory to the conscious "I", having passed through all the barriers associated with the accumulated moral experience. The end result of such an invasion is suicide, collective violence, the desire to inflict a bloody wound on a partner with a razor blade, etc.

This secret of the subconscious is perhaps the main one in psychiatry. At one time, it was explained both by genetic memory and by the fact that supposedly any word, in addition to meaning, carries a hypnotic moment, but the mystery remains. It simply has to be taken into account as a fact.

3. Volume. Our ear is tuned to perceive normal sound at 55-60 decibels. Loud sound will be 70 decibels. But passing all the thresholds of normal perception, a sound of strong intensity causes incredible auditory stress. The sound volume on the site, where walls with powerful speakers are installed, used during rock concerts, reaches 120 dB, and in the middle of the site up to 140-160 dB. (120 dB corresponds to the volume of the roar of a jet plane taking off in the immediate vicinity, and the average values ​​​​for a player with headphones are 80-110 dB.).

During such sound stress, the stress hormone adrenaline is released from the kidneys (adrenal glands). This process occurs in every stressful situation. But the impact of the stimulus does not stop and there is an overproduction of adrenaline, which erases part of the information imprinted in the brain. A person simply forgets what happened to him or what he studied, and mentally degrades. Not so long ago, Swiss doctors proved that after a rock concert a person orients himself and reacts to a stimulus 3.5 times worse than usual. When adrenaline is overproduced, it partially breaks down into adrenochrome. This is already a new chemical compound, which, in terms of its effect on the human psyche, is compared with a drug. This is a kind of internal psychedelic (mind-altering) drug, similar to mescaline or psilocybin.

By itself, adrenochrome is weaker than a synthetic drug, but their actions are similar. These are hallucinogenic and psychedelic drugs. However, the appearance of a weaker adrenochrome in the blood acts as an irritant, causing a desire to take a stronger dose, which is done right there during the concert.

4. Light effect. Such technical equipment of rock performances as light effect is also not harmless - rays that cut through the darkness from time to time in different directions and have different configurations. Many consider them just decoration of the concert. In fact, a certain alternation of light and darkness, especially to loud and chaotic music, leads to a significant weakening of orientation, a decrease in reflex reaction speed. At a certain speed, flashes of light interact with alpha waves, which control the ability to concentrate. As the frequency increases, there is a loss of all control.

Flashes of light, following one after another in the rhythm of music, stimulate the mechanisms associated with hallucinatory phenomena, dizziness, and nausea.

If a laser beam is used for lighting effects, it can cause:

retinal burn,

The formation of a blind spot on it,

decreased orientation,

Decreased reflex reaction speed.

A long time ago, the voices of doctors and scientists who tried to convey to the youth that rhythm, frequency, the alternation of light and darkness, the heap of sounds, completely taken from the ancient black magic societies - everything is aimed at the destruction of a human being, his violent perversion, at the destruction of all mechanisms of self-defense, instinct self-preservation, moral principles, were not heard by anyone. Today, scientists can only state with sadness that few people escape from the all-pervading elements of rock music.

It replicates the gray patterns of the worldview, controls how to dress, how to think... By these patterns, young people wake up, drive, have fun, study and fall asleep again.

So, the entire technical arsenal of rock is aimed at playing on the human body, on its psyche, like on a musical instrument. Music, which appeared among our youth, like an atomic explosion, like a disaster that came to our environment, turned out to be able to totally change the individual characteristics of a person. It simultaneously affects the motor center, emotional, intellectual and sexual spheres of human activity. It is impossible to expose yourself to rock for a long time and not get deep psycho-emotional trauma.

What are the consequences of the impact of rock music on the behavior of the listener?

As noted above, each sound or work has its own "auditory path" and the reaction in changing human behavior depends on this. If nerve cells associated with negative emotions are involved, then this is immediately reflected in behavior. According to the observations of psychologists, rock musicians and composers themselves know in advance how a rock concert can end.

The following are the possible effects of rock music on the human brain:

1. Aggressiveness.

2. Fury.

4. Depression.

5. Fears.

6. Forced actions.

7. A state of trance of various depths.

8. Suicidal tendency. In adolescents, this tendency begins to manifest itself from the age of 11-12, but when listening to rock music, this feature of the teenage psyche is provoked or greatly intensified at an older age).

9. Unnatural, forced sex.

10. Inability to make clear decisions.

11. Involuntary muscle movement.

12. Musical mania (the desire to constantly sound rock music).

13. Development of mystical inclinations.

14. Social alienation.

This, of course, does not mean at all that a person who passionately loves rock necessarily possesses all these qualities, he just has a much greater predisposition to them, and with an appropriate combination of other factors, he will certainly be subject to this influence. By the way, rock music can also change religious ideas and values ​​(especially in childhood, when they are not yet fully formed), as well as stimulate in a person the desire for self-actualization, self-realization, individualism and exclusion in society.

3. Types and forms of music therapy

As noted earlier, the healing effect of music on the human body has been known since ancient times. In antiquity and in the Middle Ages, faith in the healing effect of music was exceptionally great. This is evidenced by literary and medical evidence of the cure of choreomania (St. Vitus' dance) with the help of music. This is how music therapy began.

a psychotherapeutic method that uses music as a remedy.

Music therapy is one of the most interesting and still little-studied areas of traditional medicine. The therapeutic effect of this technique is based on the frequency fluctuation of musical sounds resonating with individual organs, systems or the entire human body as a whole.

There are four main areas of therapeutic action of music therapy:

1.) Emotional activation during verbal psychotherapy:

2.) Development of interpersonal communication skills (communicative functions and abilities);

3.) Regulatory influence on psychovegetative processes;

4.) Increasing aesthetic needs.

The following are indicated as mechanisms of the therapeutic effect of music therapy: catharsis, emotional release, regulation of the emotional state, facilitating awareness of one's own experiences, confrontation with life problems, increasing social activity, acquiring new means of emotional expression, facilitating the formation of new relationships and attitudes.

Music therapy exists in two main forms: active and receptive.

Active music therapy is a therapeutically directed, active musical activity: reproduction, fantasizing, improvisation with the help of a human voice and selected musical instruments.

Receptive music therapy involves the process of perceiving music for a therapeutic purpose. In turn, receptive music storage exists in three forms:

1.) Communicative (joint listening to music aimed at maintaining mutual contacts of mutual understanding and trust),

2.) Reactive (aimed at achieving catharsis)

3.) Regulatory (contributing to a decrease in neuropsychic

tension).

Receptive music therapy is more commonly used. The group members are offered to listen to specially selected pieces of music, and then discuss their own experiences, memories, thoughts, associations, fantasies that arise during their listening. In one lesson, they listen, as a rule, to three works or more or less completed excerpts (each 10-15 minutes).

Programs of musical works are built on the basis of a gradual change in mood, dynamics and tempo, taking into account their different emotional load. The first work should form a certain atmosphere for the entire lesson, show the mood of the group members, establish contacts and introduce them to the musical lesson, and prepare for further listening. This is a calm piece with a relaxing effect. The second work is dynamic, dramatic, tense, carries the main load, its function is to stimulate intense emotions, memories, associations of a projective nature from a person's own life. The third work should relieve tension, create an atmosphere of peace. It can be calm, relaxing or, on the contrary, energetic, giving a charge of vivacity, optimism, energy.

You can use the active version of music therapy. It requires the presence of the simplest musical instruments. Group members are invited to express their feelings or have a dialogue with one of the group members using selected musical instruments.

Organism Influence of classical music on the organism human 2.2 Influence rock-music music on the organism human 2.3 Influence ... on the psyche human ...

At all times, music has been an integral part of art, which constantly gathered the masses of people around itself, inspired them and sometimes had a peculiar effect on them, causing different feelings and emotions. Now music accompanies us everywhere: when we wake up, when we eat, when we play sports, when we relax, go shopping, attend various events, and finally when we go to bed.

Some time later, a new musical generation entered the big musical stage - heavy and alternative rock. Well-known Western scientists have long proved the fact that listening to music with high frequencies (in particular, rock music) causes exhaustion, nervous system disorders, hypertension and an unusual narcotic state.

Influence on the body and on the psyche

Nowadays, rock is not just a harmless pastime of one's free time, it is a drug more deadly than heroin. When listening to music with high frequencies for a long time, a person develops the aging process faster, deafness appears, and brain cells are destroyed. Indulging in such loud music, especially fashionable in our time, many thousands of teenagers are paying the price of the acquired “hearing loss”. Scientists say that excessive sound is dangerous to health. By neglecting this, we consciously push ourselves to the danger of ending up in a world where the perception of the world around us and its sweet sounds will be reduced to zero.

Modern rock music, which is actively pouring into the lives of most teenagers, tends to weaken their thinking and create mood. It can reveal the hidden feeling in the person himself and awaken him to the manifestation of aggression, vandalism, murder, drug abuse and other actions. In addition, they develop absolute degradation and understanding of simple life concepts. It's no secret that rock performers themselves become slaves to drugs and psychotropic substances, which often leads to their death. All this awakens in their ardent fans completely different views on life and their place in this world. Very often, this pushes them to rash things, contributing to the reflection of the moral behavior of their musical idols.

Rock music defines a person's worldview

Rock music provides not only moral entertainment and pleasure, it is to some extent a kind of sermon that expresses the worldview of its composer, which can be a powerful weapon in the hands of malevolent forces. This music now defines the worldview of its listeners. By its scope and fans, it largely determines the human value system: now you can not only listen to this music, but also experience your own life in it.

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Most of all, I liked the cluster of molecules at the word THANK YOU :) It's a pity that they didn't have samples for Tchaikovsky from the classics, I adore him. And also jazz, tango, fado and much more :)

The psychological impact of rock is as varied as it is and as its fans. Some rock music gives a discharge of emotional tension, vivid bodily experiences. For others - a feeling of inner, psychological liberation, disconnection from the prose of everyday life. The third is the feeling of communicative ease, merging with the group.

Rock music is the overwhelming power of sound

The peculiarity of rock music is the monstrous, overwhelming power of sound. Amplification of sound in classical music is one of the means to achieve emotional tension. Thanks to powerful electric amplifiers, music is no longer perceived only by hearing - the whole body acts as if as a resonator, concentrating all the emotional forces of the individual through music. The sounding space, as it were, extends a tent over the listeners, their experiences become common. Under this music it is impossible to be distracted, to talk. It envelops and enslaves listeners, cuts them off from the outside world, instilling a sense of interconnectedness and belonging. It seems that the sound comes from everywhere and is created not only by the orchestra, but also by everyone in the hall. Often such complicity is effective (rhythmic movements, shouts, applause).

The selected is connected with the first paragraph, the whole body resonates (the body is 90% water). And let's think logically: if there were fixed clamps in the body, and tensions as a result of negative emotional experience, negative information, and, I suppose, in the aquatic environment of the body this is reflected in the form of the formation of bad structures, then what can happen with listening to rock music in such condition? Most likely, these bad structures will break under the influence of a powerful wave of such music. I don't like heavy metal, but from time to time I listen to something easier. And that's what I noticed, if I'm tense, upset, stressed - for me such music transforms the accumulated or one-time negative into a fighting energy charge, i.e. negative energies transform and create a healthy tone in the body, I want to create, do, finish what was unfinished, work, create, create and all that - the energies of Mars went in the right direction :))

The Ambivalent Influence of Music

Music, as you know, can be both the most powerful tool for spiritual and moral improvement, and a means of infernal-demonic (hellish) seduction of a person. According to M.I. Svetov, "the very appearance of rock music in The 50s of the twentieth century were marked by an outbreak of suicides and a truly psychic epidemic that destroys those moral barriers that animals and base human inclinations are designed to restrain.

Well, no, I don’t agree here, some medieval terms have gone ... hellish seduction ... It’s just that this music can pull out deep sensations from the subconscious, animals, instinctive - for me personally, this is a reason for self-knowledge ... and for many so, I think ... And the outbreak of suicide ... well, perhaps ROCK acted here simply as a catalyst for people with an unbalanced psyche, with some problems that they may have been trying to figure out for a long time and could not ... I don’t agree with the term of a mental epidemic either - it’s just that music allowed that generation to destroy the traditionalism and stereotypes of society, therefore all canned people perceived this new trend from the outside ...

Seriously fond of rock music (rockers) are often compared to drug addicts. And this is no coincidence. They can no longer refuse rock music, and in ever-increasing doses.

I can say the same about spiritual music, prayer and meditation. If you dive into it and get seriously carried away - it's a drug ... Or let's say a favorite thing is also a drug ... Or love is a drug ... Or sex with a loved one is a drug ... And the consumption of daily food is generally the worst drug. .. without it, nothing ... addiction, however ...

Rock is like a drug

As M.I. Svetov, one Japanese rock lover ingenuously admitted: “Rock is like a drug, only it is not prosecuted by law and is much cheaper.” There is a need to constantly listen to more and more new recordings. A rocker, like a drug addict, goes to great lengths to get his "portion" of rock, so the rock industry is dizzyingly gaining momentum, making it possible to maintain a musical "dose". Without rock nourishment, rock addicts turn into a socially dangerous element, which certain extremist forces perfectly play on. It is no coincidence that doctors thought about a new diagnosis - "music addict". And some American scientists say unequivocally: "Rock is not a harmless pastime, it is a drug no less deadly than heroin, which ends the life of our youth."

Isn't this an unfounded assertion? I know that football fans are definitely spectacle-dependent and socially dangerous elements, and constantly these fights, skirmishes, murders against this background ... Why doesn’t football cause such an experience for doctors ... Skirmishes at rock concerts can also happen, but somehow less is heard about them than about football ... Yes, in the 90s, I remember our youth, our rockers fought with pop songs, so what? Ordinary street fights, during the period of a horomal explosion, just give a reason ... And in general, the 90s are something, their own specifics ... so the author didn’t convince ... maybe if there are comparative statistics in favor of this statement ... then you can will think...

How is the influence of rock music on a person achieved? Rhythm, the frequency of alternation of light and technology, the heap of sounds - everything is aimed at the destruction of a human being, its forced re-facing, at the destruction of all mechanisms of self-defense, the instinct of self-preservation, moral principles. Rhythm acquires narcotic properties. If it is a multiple of, for example, one and a half beats per second and is accompanied by a powerful pressure of ultra-low frequencies (15–30 hertz), then it can cause ecstasy in a person. With a rhythm equal to two beats per second and at the same frequencies, the listener falls into a dance trance, which is akin to a drug one.

Oh oh oh ... and ancient people had this kind of psychotherapy: in the light of a fire, to the rhythm of drums, dance, fall into ecstasy and hunt for mammoths, tigers, bears, well, or relieve tension after a hunt ... Well, we have tigers - there are no bears, as realities of life... but there is stress at work, in the subway, on the roads, at home, from TV... Why can't modern light-rhythms be used? I know one girl, she is very sensitive and receptive, stress-resistant - in such situations she pulls herself out of negative states only by listening to rock ... she "turns off" for a couple of days and comes to her senses ...

In general, everything is individual and the dose and direction ... if a person needs this music, then he needs it ...

Scientifically substantiated is the fact that not every direction in music has a beneficial effect on the human body. As an example of a negative impact on the psyche, modern rock music is often cited. This popular style has its own special distinctive features, namely a hard rhythm, monotonous repetitions, loudness, super frequencies, light effect. They are just not the best way to affect our body. Rhythm is generally the strongest means of influencing a person. Even in ancient times, shamans could, with the help of certain musical rhythms, which they played on their instruments, put a person into a trance or achieve a state of ecstasy in him.

Why is this happening?

This is due to the functions of our hearing aid. Rhythm captures the motor center of the brain, stimulates certain functions of the endocrine system. But the most powerful blow falls on the areas of the brain associated with the sexual functions of a person. The drum rumble, for example, was used to drive oneself into a frenzy. Rhythm is able to influence the ability to analyze, reason, logic. You can even achieve that they will be completely neutralized. In modern rock music, frequencies are used that have a special effect on the brain. The rhythm acquires narcotic properties, as it is combined with ultra-low frequencies of 15-30 hertz and ultra-high frequencies up to 80,000 hertz. A rhythm that is a multiple of one and a half beats per second, accompanied by ultra-low frequencies, can cause ecstasy. A rhythm equal to two beats per second at the same frequency introduces a person into a kind of dance trance. Enumeration of both high and low frequencies injures the brain. There have been cases of concussions, sound burns, hearing loss and even memory loss at rock concerts. Rock music, despite all its strength and power, belongs to the category of monotonous, motor-like sounds, perceiving which listeners can fall into a passive state. And the more often it is tapped, the greater this ability to quickly turn off and achieve a state of passivity. Next, the loudness factor. Our ear best perceives sound at 55-60 decibels. A loud sound is 70 decibels. And on the site where the equipment and speakers are installed during rock concerts, the volume is 120 decibels, and in the middle of the site it is 160 decibels (it must be said that 120 dB is the volume of the roar of a jet plane taking off!). What happens to the body in this case? The adrenal glands secrete the stress hormone adrenaline. But since the exposure to the stimulus does not stop, the production of adrenaline does not stop either. And he, adrenaline, erases part of the information imprinted in the brain. A person forgets what happened to him or what he ever studied, that is, mentally degenerates. Far from harmless is such an indispensable attribute of rock concerts as the light effect - those rays that from time to time penetrate the darkness in different directions and have a different configuration. For everyone - it's just a decoration of the concert. What is it really? A certain alternation of light and darkness to loud music significantly weakens visual orientation, and reaction speed decreases. Flashes of light, which follow one another in accordance with the rhythm of the music, stimulate the mechanisms associated with hallucinations, dizziness, and nausea. For a long time, doctors, psychologists, scientists have been telling us that the rhythm of rock music, the frequency of sound, the alternation of light and darkness - all this destroys a human being, perverts him. However, today few people have not fallen under the influence of the elements of rock music.

Rock music imposes its own patterns of worldview, indicates how to dress, how to think... People limply live according to these patterns from morning to evening... This music affects the motor center, emotional, intellectual, sexual spheres of a person's life. As a result of research, it has been established that as a result of prolonged exposure to rock music, the following conditions are possible:

• aggressiveness;
• rage;
• anger;
• depression;
• fear;
• suicidal tendencies;
• involuntary muscle movement;
• social alienation.

Jazz, blues and reggae

Influence of classical music

The effect is about the same as the previous styles. At the same time, such music is more likely to make you depressed. However, linguistically they may well benefit: by repeating these lyrics at a high speed, you can develop a great vocal apparatus, and laying the lyrics to the rhythm allows you to better feel the strong and weak beats, which helps music performers. If you choose the right texts, you can avoid a depressive state and, on the contrary, get positive motivation. But, again, the less the melody is developed in music, the worse it affects the brain.

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"The influence of rock music and other styles on the human body."

The influence of rock music and other styles on the human body.

Scientifically substantiated is the fact that not every direction in music has a beneficial effect on the human body. As an example of a negative impact on the psyche, modern rock music is often cited. This popular style has its own special distinctive features, namely a hard rhythm, monotonous repetitions, loudness, super frequencies, light effect. They are just not the best way to affect our body.

Rhythm is generally the strongest means of influencing a person. Even in ancient times, shamans could, with the help of certain musical rhythms, which they played on their instruments, put a person into a trance or achieve a state of ecstasy in him.

Why is this happening?

This is due to the functions of our hearing aid. Rhythm captures the motor center of the brain, stimulates certain functions of the endocrine system. But the most powerful blow falls on the areas of the brain associated with the sexual functions of a person. The drum rumble, for example, was used to drive oneself into a frenzy. Rhythm is able to influence the ability to analyze, reason, logic. You can even achieve that they will be completely neutralized.

In modern rock music, frequencies are used that have a special effect on the brain. The rhythm acquires narcotic properties, as it is combined with ultra-low frequencies of 15-30 hertz and ultra-high frequencies up to 80,000 hertz.
A rhythm that is a multiple of one and a half beats per second, accompanied by ultra-low frequencies, can cause ecstasy. A rhythm equal to two beats per second at the same frequency introduces a person into a kind of dance trance. Enumeration of both high and low frequencies injures the brain. There have been cases of concussions, sound burns, hearing loss and even memory loss at rock concerts.

Rock music, despite all its strength and power, belongs to the category of monotonous, motor-like sounds, perceiving which listeners can fall into a passive state. And the more often it is tapped, the greater this ability to quickly turn off and achieve a state of passivity.

Next, the loudness factor. Our ear best perceives sound at 55-60 decibels. A loud sound is 70 decibels. And on the site where the equipment and speakers are installed during rock concerts, the volume is 120 decibels, and in the middle of the site it is 160 decibels (it must be said that 120 dB is the volume of the roar of a jet plane taking off!). What happens to the body in this case? The adrenal glands secrete the stress hormone adrenaline. But since the exposure to the stimulus does not stop, the production of adrenaline does not stop either. And he, adrenaline, erases part of the information imprinted in the brain. A person forgets what happened to him or what he ever studied, that is, mentally degenerates.

Far from harmless is such an indispensable attribute of rock concerts as the light effect - those rays that from time to time penetrate the darkness in different directions and have a different configuration. For everyone - it's just a decoration of the concert. What is it really? A certain alternation of light and darkness to loud music significantly weakens visual orientation, and reaction speed decreases. Flashes of light, which follow one another in accordance with the rhythm of the music, stimulate the mechanisms associated with hallucinations, dizziness, and nausea.

For a long time, doctors, psychologists, scientists have been telling us that the rhythm of rock music, the frequency of sound, the alternation of light and darkness - all this destroys a human being, perverts him. However, today few people have not fallen under the influence of the elements of rock music.

Rock music imposes its own patterns of worldview, indicates how to dress, how to think... People limply live according to these patterns from morning to evening... This music affects the motor center, emotional, intellectual, sexual spheres of a person's life.

As a result of research, it has been established that as a result of prolonged exposure to rock music, the following conditions are possible:

aggressiveness;

• depression;

• suicidal tendencies;

  unnatural, forced sex;

  involuntary muscle movement;

  lack of concentration and ability to make decisions clearly;

  the desire for a constant sound of rock music;

  social alienation.

Of course, no one says that if a person passionately loves rock, then he has the whole set of these qualities. No, he is simply the most predisposed to them, and when appropriate combinations of other factors appear, he will certainly be subjected to their destructive influence.

This music definitely cheers up and many people want to dance to it. Why not? It invigorates, energizes and develops a sense of rhythm: try to get right on the beat or repeat after the performer. Surely it will not work the first time if you do not have preparation.

It is always necessary to observe your reaction to melodies and songs: only in this way will you understand the exact perception of it by your body and ear. Some music of these styles amuses and invigorates. She annoys some people. But it is not advisable to constantly listen to either one or the other genre. The explanation is simple: music has a primitive construction. And music has the ability to influence thinking.

The positive influence of classical music has long been known. It contributes to the work of the brain, helps to assimilate information. Polyphonic works develop the brain best of all, since they have several independent melodies that are combined with each other. Classical music increases the discipline of a person, especially when it comes to the musicians themselves who perform it. Some attribute to classical music even such miraculous possibilities as relieving migraines and eliminating insomnia.

The effect is about the same as the previous styles. At the same time, such music is more likely to make you depressed. However, linguistically listening to rap may well benefit: by repeating these lyrics at high speed, you can develop a great vocal apparatus, and laying the lyrics to the rhythm allows you to better feel the strong and weak beats, which helps music performers. If you choose the right texts, you can avoid a depressive state and, on the contrary, get positive motivation. But, again, the less the melody is developed in music, the worse it affects the brain.

Whatever music you listen to or, moreover, your child, in no case force yourself or him to switch to other styles and genres by force. Music reflects the state of the soul and is an addition to the state of mind. This is part of life and it reflects only a certain part of the human condition. If you are worried about your loved one's musical tastes, offer alternatives and be interested in his inner world.