Music as Therapy for Pregnancy, Birth and Early Development

Learning emotions through music• A recent study has shown that at ninemonths of age, babies are able to discernwhether a song is happy or sad. The babiescould distinctly pick out Beethoven’s Ode toJoy as a happy song in contrast to sadsongs that had been played.• When the tempo and rhythm were faster,and it was in a major key, they noted it wasa happy song. When the songs were in aminor key, and the tempo and rhythm wasslower, they noted it was a sad song.• BYU Psychology Professor Flom says, “Thisperiod of learning about emotion in soundsis a natural step before learning to talk.”