If harsh, clashing sounds such as those made by machines get on our nerves and can damage our health, it is easy to believe that harmonious music would do just the opposite for us. Science has studied the effects on humans of various kinds of sound, and the consensus is that the right sort of music definitely has a beneficial effect on our state of health.
The lullaby a mother or grandmother sings at a child’s bedside is a good example of how a soft melody can have a calming effect. On the other hand, is it not true that the loud blare of pop music coming from a neighbour’s open window, when one is trying to relax and rest, has just the opposite effect? How often have Mozart’s delightful melodies boosted our morale? How many troubled and wrinkled brows have been smoothed by listening to the works of the great composers? The power of a Beethoven symphony has quietened many an agitated heart. Even the twittering of birds is often able to disperse worry and anxiety to such an extent that those who see no solution to their troubles return home from a walk in the woods comforted and strengthened, hardly realising from what source the power came. A child might fall and immediately begin to scream to attract attention and assuage his pain. If, just then, a robin or blackbird in the garden hedge starts to sing, the child invariably stops wailing. At first he is interested to know where the voice is coming from, then is comforted by the cheerful little minstrel; soon the pain is forgotten and the little face is all smiles again.
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