Intresting Music Facts
- In 2015, Astronaut Chris Hadfield released the first album of songs recorded entirely in space
- When Benjamin Franklininvented his ownharmonica, it became so popular in Europe thatMozart and Beethoven composed music for it.
- Only about 1 in every 10,000people has “perfect pitch”, the ability to identify a musical note just by hearing it, with no reference note.
- The largest free rock concert ever had 4.2 millionpeople. It was held by Rod Stewart in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Music
can help severely
brain-injured
patients recall personal memories. - Babies remain calm twice as long when listening to asong as they do when listening to speech, according to a study.
- Music triggers activity in the same brain structure that releases the “pleasure chemical” dopamine during sex and eating.
- Your heartbeat changes and mimics the music you listen to.
- Flowers can growfaster by listening tomusic.
- A single violin is made from over 70 individual pieces of wood.
- Dogfish skin was often used in the 18th century to sand violins.
- Havergal Brian’s Symphony No. 1, the ‘Gothic’, requires over 800 musicians to perform, including 82 string players.
