Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Why Music Gives Us the Chills

For a willing music audience, the art of drawing emotion from notes is classic.

Composers play with subtle, intricate changes and rates of change to try and elicit emotion. In recent studies, scientists found that people already familiar with the music are more likely to catch a chill at key moments:

- When a symphony turns from loud to quiet

- Upon entry of a solo voice or instrument

- When two singers have contrasting voices

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