Show psych psychologist cites five grounds for love for music enjoyed by most pe people ople love love for music can be explained by the psychologist dr carl E seashore of the university of iowa who as psychologist has for years been studying and predicting musical ability and appreciation scouts the idea that love for music is an inexplicable emotion love of music can be accounted for on five grounds he writes in the music educators journal the first reason is physiological we have an organism that registers music and responds to it somewhat like a resonator not only the central nervous system is affected but the peripheral nervous s system all the muscles all the internal organs and especially the autonomic system with its endocrines endo crines which furnishes a physical basis for emotion the whole body is put into a glow of we well 11 being by the pleasure of hearing musical sounds A single sound may be beautiful in itself like a flower or a human face doctor seashore emphasizes the untutored mind and the musically trained can a alike like delight in their charm quite ap apart art from their utility n i burldine buil dine UD musical form delight in harmonic structure the melodic progressions the rhythmic patterns the qualitative modulations in the flow of beautiful sounds is ie another reason for love of music music carries us through the realms of creative imagination we love music also because it is if the language of social bonds music is a message and can move the social group into concerted action and into a feeling of common fellowship finally we love music because it is a means of self espres sion it furnishes us with the joy of putting into a fitting medium our love our fears our sympathy our feelings of fellowship our communion with the divine on these five dundam fundamental grounds says doctor seashore rests the psychologists adequate explanation P la nation why we love music |