Hola MaHigh-School - February 2020

Music is like a drug. A certain piece of music
evokes a feeling of say happiness. We want
to be happy and we choose to listen to the
same piece of music over and over. Because it
makes us happy!
We want to be surprised. If we expect a piece
of music to do something and it does something
else, we can be surprised. And that may
make us feel good. Or our expectations can
be met and we feel good because we could
predict something. This is a bit deep, I know.
And here is the bigger one of them all: AWE.
This is a direct quote from the article: “Music
often makes us feel like crying, because we
experience a sense of awe and admiration.
The feeling is a kind of wonder at realizing
what other minds are capable of creating. Awe
is described as sensitivity to greatness, accompanied
by a sense of being overwhelmed by
the object of greatness (Emmons, 2009).
In response to these emotions, we may experience
goosebumps and motivation for the
improvement of self and society”
Ever had goosebumps because of a piece of
music? I think we all have. And what about
crying? If you have not had a bit of broken
voice after Titanic, you are not human! When
Jack …. Oh, I can’t even write about it! – so we
know what we are talking about here.
Now we know why music is ‘big’.