Music and Brain

I thought my overall experience towards this experimental task went very well. I feel both Rosemary and I learned something when hearing each other's perspectives. To sit down with a professional musician and discuss their point of view over what they feel whenever they listen or play music is very interesting. Her perception over her craft had the largest impact on me. Just listening how music has made her feel over the years and why she choose to pursue music as a career. Whenever I described the connection music had with the brain, I felt like breaking up the topic in to three pieces was the best way to get my point across to Rosemary. When I described perceiving the sounds of music, I fed her a ton scientific studies that help the human body perceive a sound. I wanted to give her this scientific perspective of connecting the brain with music because I felt I could give her some insight when looking over this topic she may not have known about before. I tried to translate that scientific perspective towards the two other topics as well: recognizing music and the emotion towards music. The one thing that hit me from hearing her perspective is hearing how music flowed so naturally within her. She never really felt any need to stop herself and think about any of the scientific terms I described when playing. Music was pretty much second nature to her for as long as she can remember and that all has to do with the brain.

Work Cited:

https://www.verywell.com/your-musical-mind-2488722