Topic: The benificial effects of listening to classical music

INTRODUCTION
I.

What does classical music meant to you? Boring? Crazy? Luxury? Did you ever think
that it could become a part of our daily life and make something more effective? Did

II.

you ever try to listen to them?

Classical music used to improves our daily life in various different aspects.
- music therapy.
- It was a subject that most of the top music school will try to investigate in it. It can
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make things more effective.

Hope that after this speech you will have another idea about classical music, apart
from boring.

III.

As a music student, I studied with classical music for about 7 years. Classical music
became a charger of my life, no matter what happened, listening to classical music

IV.

would be the best way for me to solve the difficulties.

After this speech, most of you may know more about the benefits of listening classical
music. Lets examine it by the following three aspects,
A. Physical
B. Mental
C. Intelligential

[To begin with an easier way, lets start with the most familiar aspect of you health.]

BODY
I.

Listening to classical music can improves our health

A. Reduce blood pressure.

1. According to a research report from the American Society of Hypertension

meeting in New Orleans, it stated that listening to about 30 minutes of classical
music everyday may reduce high blood pressure.
[Apart from reducing high blood pressure, music can also act as a distractor to improves our
health especially when we are in painful.]
B. Act as a distractor.
1. The effects of listening to classical music on the brian can help some sick
people to deal better with pain by distracting them from painful.
a. A paper relased from UK-based Jornal of Advanced Nuring: music can
reduce a serious painful from a range of painful conditions by up to 21%
and depression by 25%.
C. Control the breathing and heartbeat.
1. Steady music beats can relax and person by slowing down their heartbeat and
breathing.
a. For example, in UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital plays music to their
patients for many years, and it helped many children.
D. Improves body movement and coordination
1. It developed, maintained and restored the physical functions in the restore of a
person with difficulties in movement.
[Second, let us move to the metal aspect to know more about the benefits of listening classical
music.]
II. Listening to classical music effects our mood profoundly.
A. Calm ourselves
1. Listening to classical music can help to control our emotion.
a. For example, in many high-class restaurants, they will play classical
music to create a romantic atmosphere in order to make the customers
feel better.
B. Release stress
1. Whenever you find that you are overloaded or stressful, you can try to listen to
some slow music or music with a very steady tempo.

2. For those pregnant women, they usually live under a very stressful life. They
suffer from the long, physically demanding process it entails. Listening to
classical music can decrease high stress levels.
a. The Journal of Clinical Nursing 2008 from The Kaohsiung Medical
University in Taiwan provided the evidence of the effects of listening to
classical music to the stress levels of a pregnant women. There were two
groups of pregnant women. One would receive the normal procedure for
pregnancy care. Another one received two CDs, which put some classical
music in it. The group who received the CDs as a pregnancy care
procedure shown a great decrease in stress level in comparing to the
group that received the normal care.
3. Reduce nervous
a. One night before my examination, I cant even sleep after I lay on bed
over an hour. I turned my iPod on and play a slow movement of Mozarts
Symphony. I suddenly calm myself and fall in sleep.
[Last but not least, here we come to the intelligential aspect to know more about the benefits of
listening classical music.]

III.

Listening to classical music enhance our intelligence.

A. Improves memory.
1. From a research conducted by Stanford University in the year of 2007, it found
that the parts of brain, which were engaged while listening to music, that
contribute to the human attention spam.
B. Concentration and attention
1. No matter in what age, the duration and intensity of concentration can
improve by listening classical music. Many studies have shown the great

effects.
2. As a music teacher, I usually saw many different kinds of children. Most of
the children are not easy to educate. However, after over a year and a year of
education, music changed them. At least, they will sit down and listen to
what I am saying.
CONCLUSION
[In conclusion, I stated listening to classical music can improves our life in different aspect.]
I.
After the speech, I think you will have a better idea and concept about listening to classical
II.

III.

music and how it benefits to your daily life.

To review, then, let me remind you of the three main aspect of benefits of listening classical
music:
A. Physical
B. Mental
C. Intelligential
Lets start to hear classical music to make us a better live! Thank You!