The role of music in human life can not be overestimated. Let's start with the fact that music contributes to the development of the activity of the right hemisphere, which in humans is operated rarely (except for creative people). And just the right hemisphere is responsible for our creativity and intuition.
And when you play a musical instrument both hemispheres are involved, contributing to the harmonious development of all abilities. The child, studying music (singing, playing a musical instrument) is much easier to learn a foreign language.
Very interesting effect of music on the human nervous system. Music - is sound, ie the sound waves of different frequencies and, depending on what kind of music are you listening to (what frequency waves are perceived by your ear), the nervous system responds either positively or negatively.
There is music, have a direct therapeutic same relaxing effect. Such music is chosen for meditation. There music is fun, exciting, which can act as a tonic for fatigue. There music is causing the aggression. Human exposure to sound of a certain frequency (typically of the low range) is brought to deep nervous system disorders.
By the way, the music stands a strong anchor. If any important for the human situation sounded certain music, it will be a long time to call in his memory this particular situation. It is best to pick out the music, so to speak, on all occasions.
But the constant use of headphones (especially those that are inserted in the ears) can worsen the hearing, since the sound wave does not dissipate, and acts directly on the eardrum. We should not rush into extremes. With all the positive effect of music, sometimes a man must stay in silence.