What people do need help with is identifying the initial pieces to start with but once they have found something that grew on them, they are usually able and wanting to explore on their own. Do I need to be educated in art to find it relaxing, enjoyable or to invoke some sort of passion in me? More than once I've made some totally ignorant comment when viewing art. Someone usually kindly points out some particular point of interest that 1)enlightens me a bit more to what I'm seeing and 2) brings me a little closer to the inside track. For example, if you know they like Jazzy music and saxophones, you could get them to listen to Henk van Twillert's baritone saxophone transcriptions of Bach's unaccompanied cello suites, it's an amazing performance. In fact I noticed that rock band fans often relate to string quartets well, as long as you play something that's "noisy".
Still, I believe that everybody, ignorant or not, mislead or not, we all are curious about new stuff. So if you give people the opportunity to listen to something quite different from what they are used to, they will at least be interested. One of the nice things about classical music is that it is such a large and variety rich body of works, there's something to find in it for everyone's taste. The downside is that many people need a little help navigating this large body of music, simply because of its sheer size.
It could become a habit – listening classical music while going to school, work, shop, while cooking or drinking tea. A study performed in 2012 found that children who were exposed to adult-directed music at a young age had better listening skills than those who weren’t. This finding was consistent with previous research on adults who had been exposed to classical music during childhood. These findings support the idea that exposure to classical music can improve your auditory memory by improving your ability to focus on sound. And what about people who listen to other types of music?
There is plenty of largely unexplored "classical" music, not only contemporary and 20th century but also from earlier periods. It seems to me that many people need a drumbeat or a person belting out a long note at the top of their lungs in order to recognize a dynamic range. A mere crescendo or increased intensity of sound may completely not register with them.
This minimalistic calm music is just what you need when you want to get far away from the madding crowd. Beethoven dedicated this piece to a 16-year-old countess, Giulietta Guicciardi, who was his student, albeit for a short while. As you listen to this remarkable sonata, you will find the music flowing into your body and pushing out stress and anxiety. Even people with disabilities and life-threatening diseases can benefit from soothing, slow music.
This is because music rain sounds stimulates multiple cognitive skills, such as executive function, memory, motor skills, and problem-solving. As some of the previously discussed research indicates, music can help reduce anxiety in both adults and children before and during medical procedures. In one recent experiment, participants were asked to press a button anytime the hand on a special clock started moving. 62% of respondents to a 2018 survey reported they use music to help them fall asleep, mostly because it relaxed them, and distracted them from daily stressors.
Researchers believe that the calming sounds of classical music may help your heart recover from stress. Classical music can also be a great tool to help people who have trouble sleeping. One study found that students who had trouble sleeping slept better while they were listening to classical music. Music can express what we may never be capable of verbally and thank goodness for that. We may have to struggle with anger, love, depression and many other emotions and feelings.