The Healing Power of Music

Tan Kai Chiun (105/March)

Music has the magical power of healing. In the article, there was an Electivemule named Viviene who was able to talk in public after she had experiencemusic. Researchers also found that music helped people to cope with stress andpain. It helps them to reduce pain and recover faster. Music also seems toactivate different parts of brain.In my opinion, music is a gift from nature. We are born to enjoy music.That is the reason music has such a magical power on humans. Besides that,music is also a worldwide language that connects us together. We can feel what theothers are feeling through music, although we were never taught to understand the languageof "music".

Lim Zexin (105/March)

I read several articles about the fantastic effects of music. Research indicates that if pregnant mothers let their babies listen to classical music (such as Mozart’s music) , the baby will grow well. New Zealand farmers also found that when cows listen to cheerful music, their milk output will increase as well. Music has a big influence on a person’s feelings. Soft music can comfort someone who is hot-tempered. Heavy metal rock ‘n’ roll can release one’s tension. The common treatment for patients is prescribing medicine to patients or surgery but musical treatment is unusual. Using music to cure a patient’s soul is a great idea. Dr Bernard Lown said that a doctor duty is not only to heal patients, but to cure their minds as well and I think music treatment is a practical application to this idea.