Today's Creation Moment: Too Many Notes
1 Chronicles 13:8
"And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets."
Perhaps you remember the line from the film
Amadeus in which someone observes of Mozart's music, "Too many notes."
That statement reflects some people's opinion of Mozart's highly complex
music. But researchers are finding that this mathematical complexity
may be the reason for what some call "the Mozart effect."
Researchers
at several universities around the United States have confirmed that
Mozart's complex music has positive effects for both adults and
children. In one study, rats were subjected to Mozart for 12 hours a
day, beginning four weeks before birth. A second group heard only
silence, a third heard only a constant hissing sound, while a fourth
group heard only minimalist composer Philip Glass. When the rats were
old enough to run a maze, they were tested. The Mozart rats not only ran
the maze considerably faster than any of the others, but they made
fewer mistakes. Other research has shown that adults do better on
intelligence tests after hearing Mozart. While this effect is temporary
in adults, children exposed to Mozart show a permanent improvement.
It is thought that the complex nature of Mozart's music encourages the brain to make more connections within itself. The more connections you have, the smarter you are. Surely music is a gift of God that benefits us and could never exist in a universe created by the forces of chance.
Researchers
at several universities around the United States have confirmed that
Mozart's complex music has positive effects for both adults and
children. In one study, rats were subjected to Mozart for 12 hours a
day, beginning four weeks before birth. A second group heard only
silence, a third heard only a constant hissing sound, while a fourth
group heard only minimalist composer Philip Glass. When the rats were
old enough to run a maze, they were tested. The Mozart rats not only ran
the maze considerably faster than any of the others, but they made
fewer mistakes. Other research has shown that adults do better on
intelligence tests after hearing Mozart. While this effect is temporary
in adults, children exposed to Mozart show a permanent improvement.It is thought that the complex nature of Mozart's music encourages the brain to make more connections within itself. The more connections you have, the smarter you are. Surely music is a gift of God that benefits us and could never exist in a universe created by the forces of chance.
Click here to listen to "Too Many Notes".
Hey, Ashley! I looked you up! Cool blog you've got here :) I think it's really great how you're putting encouraging things on the internet. There needs to be more Christ-centered things up on the web (which is why I've been thinking about starting a new blog... for my stuff that is like mostly all specifically Christian of topic haha that was a weird sentence....)
ReplyDeleteLove,
Ruth