{"id":44068,"date":"2024-06-18T22:05:51","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T20:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bda0eb59-4b02-4879-905d-1d9b093fa150"},"modified":"2024-06-18T22:36:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T20:36:13","slug":"heres-why-music-gives-us-goosebumps","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/heres-why-music-gives-us-goosebumps\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s why music gives us goosebumps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By <\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 18 June 2024 at 20:05 PM<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Goosebumps: our bodies\u2019 involuntary reaction to situations of heightened emotional intensity, physical frissons that we can\u2019t ignore, we can\u2019t control, and we can hardly explain. And of all the artforms that gives us goosebumps most passionately, it\u2019s music that reaches the parts that nothing else can.<\/p><script src=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/players\/YCjcY8vg-lqFafnwo.js\"\/><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-why-does-music-make-our-spine-tingle\">Why does music make our spine tingle?<\/h2><p>But where do they come from? Why does our hair stand on end, why do our spines tingle, why does our flesh turn into poultrified feverishness when we listen to the climax of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/maurice-ravel\">Ravel<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s <em>Asie<\/em>, when the holy grail is revealed to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/richard-wagner\">Wagner<\/a><\/strong>'s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/guide-wagners-parsifal\">Parsifal<\/a><\/strong>, or when the larks trill in the sunset of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/richard-strauss\">Strauss<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s extraordinary <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/when-did-richard-strauss-write-his-four-last-songs\">Four Last Songs<\/a><\/strong><\/em>? While the physiological processes are pretty well understood, we haven\u2019t been able to say too much about why they happen. Why do our bodies do this to us at moments of musical and emotional climax? What\u2019s the use of goosebumps?<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Richard Strauss - Vier Letzte Lieder | Four Last Songs | Jessye Norman, Wolfgang Sawallisch [HD]\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RdRq7ynfkHs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/><\/div><\/figure><p>Thanks to the neuroscientist Diana Omigie and the Music, Mind and Brain research group at Goldsmiths, we\u2019re getting to know more about their evolutionary origins. Observing how different parts of our brain are engaged at those spine-tingling moments, Omigie says that our \u2018dopaminergic\u2019 systems are engaged, meaning the neurotransmitters that relate to dopamine.\u00a0 And while we might think dopamine is all about giving us pleasure, it\u2019s really a hormone that\u2019s released when our senses are attuned to imagining a potential outcome of a situation, and being satisfied \u2013 or surprised \u2013 when our predictions are confirmed, or denied. <\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-music-s-power-to-turn-us-into-a-mass-of-goosebumps-never-diminishes\">'The music\u2019s power to turn us into a mass of goosebumps never diminishes'<\/h2><p>That\u2019s why, however much you hear those spine-tinglingly radiant phrases at the end of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/johannes-brahms\">Brahms<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s Third Symphony \u2013 or whatever symphonic conclusion most moves you \u2013 the music\u2019s power to turn us into a mass of goosebumps never diminishes. Our expectations are met every time when we hear the piece, and its power to give us the chills only increases.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90 - IV. Allegro\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nw-yqX5Qt-I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/><\/div><\/figure><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/recordings\/brahms-symphony-no-3-guide-and-best-recordings\">Brahms Symphony No. 3: a guide to his most enigmatic symphony and its best recordings<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p>And there\u2019s more. Diana says that the chills and tingles are also part of our fight-or-flight response \u2013 triggered in the oldest and deepest parts of our brains \u2013 and that our bodies are reacting the way they do because they\u2019re trying to calm our systems down in the wake of emotional extremis. Which means that goosebumps are unconscious acts of physiological regulation in response to all that dopamine flooding our systems.\u00a0<\/p><p>And that sounds a lot less fun than the irresistible intensity we experience when we\u2019re in the throes of the music that gives us the biggest goosebumps. Yet that fleeting feeling of ecstasy makes physical and emotional sense: we can\u2019t sustain these peaks of anticipation and reward for more than a few seconds, and yet we\u2019re always seeking them out in our listening lives. <\/p><p>Goosebumps are our bodies\u2019 unconscious reward for our relationship with the pieces we love the most. And they\u2019re proof of music\u2019s ancient, animal power over our bodies.<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Published: Tuesday, 18 June 2024 at 20:05 PM Goosebumps: our bodies\u2019 involuntary reaction to situations of heightened emotional intensity, physical frissons that we can\u2019t ignore, we can\u2019t control, and we can hardly explain. And of all the artforms that gives us goosebumps most passionately, it\u2019s music that reaches the parts that nothing else can. 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