What is some good classical music I should listen to while studying?
February 32010
While studying or doing some homework, I personally like to listen to some classical music. What are your reccommendations?
BQ 1: Do you think it is okay to listen to classical music while doing homework or studying?
BQ 2: Some people say to me that listening to classical music is only for ”older people”, do you think this is true?
Yes I think it is fine to listen to classical music while studying. For me it helps me focus, if i listen to pop music i get way to distracted.
No i think it is stupid when people say classical music is for only older people because honestly in my opinion i think people in almost every generation listen to it. I am 14 and I listen to it and Absolutely love it! practically obsessed with it.
what i like to listen to when im doing homework is debussy’s pieces very relaxing some are in the faster tempos but still very enjoyable and not very distracting. He is not from the classical era if that’s what you are looking for, but his compositions are amazing!
February 3rd, 2010 at 3:03 pm
I think, in general, whatever type of music you like is a good choice. For studying, I would just tell you to listen to anything that doesn’t take your attention away from what you are working on.
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February 3rd, 2010 at 3:40 pm
Classical music is shown to improve brain and memory function. When I was at school I used to study to Vanessa Mae’s CD. She is a violin prodigy and plays classical music with an electric violin, which kinda has a rock feel to it. Look her up on iTunes.
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February 3rd, 2010 at 3:48 pm
I listened to Mozart studying through college. Don’t listen to anyone who tells you any type of music is only appropriate for a particular age. That’s B.S. If you like it, listen to it.
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February 3rd, 2010 at 4:02 pm
Yes it will help when studying, not it’s not for old people.
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February 3rd, 2010 at 4:28 pm
Classical music is the standard for enjoying professional quality music . Listen to your public radio station or stream in stations on iTunes or similar. It may take some time to find a station you like., but it’ll be worth it. Classical guitar may be nice for your study time. Very pleasant.
I enjoy Vivaldi, Mozart, J.S. Bach, C.P.E Bach, and many others. Take into consideration what the pieces of music where originally composed for when you enjoy the cornucopia of sounds you’re listening to.
On the other hand, more newer classical music is not so much as structured and refined in beauty as the earlier century composers and is to me quite annoying and scatter-brained . New Classical seems to totally miss a higher authority to whom they compose their music to, thus missing a devotion to beauty and liveliness.
Classical music is for everyone! There’s so much history and so much to learn from it.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque_music
February 3rd, 2010 at 4:41 pm
I recommend only listening to what will not distract you from your studies.
BQ 1: Yes, but you will enjoy the music more when not studying and thus able to devote your full attention to it.
BQ 2: Older than whom? Everyone except the most recently born person is older than someone.
Classical music is for whoever chooses to listen to it.
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February 3rd, 2010 at 4:49 pm
Classical music is for everyone…..
I listen to classical when I’m studying, and I’m fine with it.
I recommend anything from Baroque to Classical. Later music is a bit to rough for studying. Start of with Bach’s "Goldberg Variations". Great for studying. Also try Mozart, Haydn, Bach, and Vivaldi.
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February 3rd, 2010 at 5:01 pm
Q1: No. I don’t think you should be listening to classical (or any) music while studying … unless you are studying that particular piece of music.
Q2: No. Classical is not only for older people; but older people tend to have more appreciation for it because they don’t treat music as background noise.
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February 3rd, 2010 at 5:37 pm
I think most of the people who answered before me suffer from the misconception created by the ‘Mozart Effect’ experiments done in the 1950s, that supposedly showed that playing Mozart for your baby could increase its IQ, that listening to structured baroque music could help you concentrate, and that playing the same music to plants would stimulate them while playing pop music killed them. Somehow, these terribly done studies received enough publicity to ingrain a stupid idea in our collective consciousness that ‘classical music makes you smarter’.
Properly conducted research (i.e. research not designed to give the desired results) has shown that any sort of music is more likely to hinder your ability to concentrate rather than increase it, unless you have conditioned yourself to study with music in the background through years of doing so. Even in that case, your concentration is no greater than it would have been without conditioning; you just can’t achieve the same level of concentration without background music because you have learned to associate music with studying. I would guess that, in your case, you have not conditioned yourself in this way, so it would be detrimental for you to listen to obtrusive music while studying, at least until you DO become conditioned. It’s not as if listening to music is horribly detrimental to study; this simply depends on how much you can focus on the task at hand and not be distracted by the music. I’ve been able to read Shakespeare and listen to Mahler at the same time without a loss in concentration on the former, but that’s because I had pretty much tuned out the music. The brain can only process so much information on a conscious, semantic level; hence we have trouble listening to two people talk at once, or watching two different images at once. There is no special property of classical music (or, more specifically, Baroque music) that increases your capacity to concentrate. If you’re actually studying the music, then there’s a good chance that it will ‘make you smarter’ (good studies have shown the net positive effect of music training on intelligence, likelihood to succeed, etc.); however, if you’re trying to study anything else, even music theory or a different piece of music, a ‘light’ Bach or Vivaldi piece playing in the background is more likely to hurt than help.
I’ve already talked enough; I won’t try to address the idea that ‘classical’ music is for the elderly. Hopefully the other answerers have convinced you by now that that’s ridiculous.
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February 3rd, 2010 at 6:26 pm
You can listen any music if it would not hurt you.
I know a lot fo young people who love classical music. It depends on the internal needs of people.
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http://music.executivpro.com
February 3rd, 2010 at 7:11 pm
I am currently listening to classical music while typing a paper.
just wanted to see what others think about the same thing lol.
I use AIMs radio station plug in on the bottom haha
it feels like im breezing through my homework !
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February 3rd, 2010 at 7:40 pm
Yes I think it is fine to listen to classical music while studying. For me it helps me focus, if i listen to pop music i get way to distracted.
No i think it is stupid when people say classical music is for only older people because honestly in my opinion i think people in almost every generation listen to it. I am 14 and I listen to it and Absolutely love it! practically obsessed with it.
what i like to listen to when im doing homework is debussy’s pieces very relaxing some are in the faster tempos but still very enjoyable and not very distracting. He is not from the classical era if that’s what you are looking for, but his compositions are amazing!
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February 3rd, 2010 at 8:19 pm
I like listening to classical piano music. On itunes theres some good deals on piano music. Search for ‘moura lympany’ and ‘Chopin Preludes’ and ‘ultimate piano classics’
BQ 1: YES. I listen to all sorts of music when I’m doing homework. Rock,pop, alternative, and classical. Whatever I’m in the mood for.
BQ 2: NO. I am 13.
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