Showing posts with label animal music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label animal music. Show all posts

The power of music on living things

Music is a form of communication as well as entertainment for all living things.

We all know that music has a powerful effect on human's emotions. The ancient Greeks even believed that music has the power to form character.

We also know that animals have their own form of music - birds sing songs, humpback whales vocalize stanzas, bats squeak supersonic melodies, etc.

In an experimental study on tamarin monkeys in Central and South American rain forests, psychologist Charles Snowden recorded the tamarin calls and composed music tailored to those monkeys.

As expected, tamarins didn't show any reaction to human songs, but they clearly displayed signs of emotions and reacted strongly to Snowden's composed music for tamarins.

Although plants don't make their own music, they do respond to music. In 1968, researcher Dorthy Retallack used many musical styles to show the effects of music on plant growth. She drew an interesting conclusion, the plants grew well in every type of music, except rock and roll. The plants that were exposed to rock or acid rock withered and died.

How can plants "listen" to music?

Music is made up of sound waves that are frequencies oscillating through air. It has been discovered that plant stomata respond to music.

The function of stomata is to allow gases, such as carbon dioxide, water vapor and oxygen to move into and out of the leaf. It has been found that resonant frequency causes stomata to open under the influence of music or specific tones.

However, if rock music or high pitched tones that cause the plant to vibrate, the stomata will close and open after a lapse of time. Thus, the wrong kind of music will interrupt the natural rhythmic process of photosynthesis in a plant, which in turn affects plant growth.

All living things have a natural gift to be influenced by music. Yes, music is that powerful!

Think of the mood you'd like to be in before you select your next song!

 
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