Music can have a positive cultural impact.
Music increases contact, coordination and cooperation.
When performers try to synchronize music together with others, it produces positive feelings, and releases pleasure chemicals (endorphins) in the brain.
Music releases oxytocin.
Experiments with amateur and professional singers have shown that oxytocin, a neuropeptide that play an important role in forming bonds and trust among people, increases. This is true even when mothers sing lullabies to their infants.
Music increases cultural cohesion.
Think of a national anthem played at a sports event or a lullaby passed on through generations. Each culture expresses its identity through some sort of music; studies find that connections are stronger among families and peer groups when they listen to music together.
I will sing of the Lord as long as I live. Psalm 104:33
Help us increase the harmony among all of humanity through the power of music, Lord.
