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During infants to school age period, try makes children get stimulation of musical nuances. Why? Because rhythm and timbre (musical colors) encourage children to do movements that will affect overall motor skills development. What are other benefits of music?
- Stimulation of memory
If you’ve ever heard certain music in the past, people will associate music with their past experience. It means, music serves as a stimulus generator to past memory. It’s not only raise up objective experience, but also subjective experience (feelings when experiencing it.)
- Generating a sense of comfort
If we play soft music before they go to sleep, they would feel comfortable. Usually music itself is in tempo of Adagio, Andante and Moderato, which is not far from rhythm of heart pulse rate in a matter of one tap per second, slightly faster, slightly slower. Not using a very slow lento or very fast presto tempo.
- Hypnotic effect
Music is lull impact. This is called a hypnotic effect (impression hypnotic). Evidence, when listening to music one tends move hands or feet or follow humming music.
- Entertaining
Music aims to entertain (from muse). Music entertains someone in joy and sorrow. Music also entertains children. So, just by listening to music you like, someone would feel comforted.
If an individual is in a preferred atmosphere, pleasant atmosphere, then he would feel more comfortable, and comfort will give a positive impact on individuals in conducting their activities. These conditions make children easier to absorb, process and store knowledge and stimulus.