Effects of Music
Music influences bodily processes. It can affect our heart rate, blood pressure, and muscular responses.
Music influences mood
Evoke imagery and imagination - varies for each person, culture, previous musical experiences and history.
Music makes relaxation more effective, and the mind is better able to picture images than with words alone.
Entertainment - Music has the potential to entertain, or bring together, heart rate via its pulse, or breathing via its rhythm.
By matching music to your existing mood, changes in the mood can be brought about through changes in the mood of the music.
Enhance the effect of other treatments - E.g. Music can enhance relaxation