This is the Music You Should Really Be Listening To While You Study

Nov 09

This is the Music You Should Really Be Listening To While You Study

Don’t get me wrong- I also enjoy having Lil’ Wayne and Kesha in the background while I study. But let’s all be honest with each other- anything on a top 40 countdown is not conducive to major academic accomplishments. It’s been scientifically proven that the best music to listen to while studying is classical baroque music. I know it’s scientifically proven, because I read it on Wikipedia. True story.

I won’t lie to you- classical music is an acquired taste. When I first started listening to it, I was more distracted by how much I didn’t like it than I would have been if I had just kept on singing to the Paradiso Girls. But eventually I got into “the zone” of when I actually focused in on my work, and miracles happened. My back-ache was cured, my runny nose dried up and I no longer need to wear my glasses to see long distances! OK, maybe not. But I can and will vouch for this classical baroque stuff. It really is significantly more calming than listening to all my favorite hits. I focus better, so my readings get done faster.

And because I love it so much, I’m sharing it with you for free- yes, FREE- today on YouTube. It’s a 16 song playlist, so you’ll probably finish before it does. (That’s what she said!) Behold:

Also, I think it would be approximately 15 different kinds of awesome if we could all build this playlist together. As in, after you begin to listen to classical music and your tastes grow, you let me know of songs to be added to the list, and I’ll add it on. And then we’ll have a hugely epic, 9 hour long classical baroque playlist for those kids who don’t do their assignments timely and need something in the background for all nighters. Cool, right? Yes, I thought so too.P.S. I lied. This list is not 100% classical baroque, but there were some other classical pieces that I thought just needed to be in the mix, as they are too bad to pass up. Don’t worry- nothing bad will happen to you. Enjoy your programming as normal.

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21 Comments so far »

looseleaf said

am November 17 2009 @ 3:58 am

Yes, the list is not 100% Baroque, though it is interesting to note the effect the era of music has on the process. Classical music can be divided into 3 big eras: Baroque (Bach, Vivaldi etc), Classical (Mozart, Beethoven etc), and Romantic (Debussy, Ravel, Mahler, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky etc), so it is a little unwise to lump them all under “classical music” because they sound drastically different from each other. Listening to something by Bach may in fact have a different effect from listening to the works of someone like Stravinsky or Mahler.

Scientifically, there has been some research done on classical music affecting how the brain runs, particularly when studying. Most of the time though, they use music from the Classical era, so perhaps you’d want to stick to that. Might also want to check out the Mozart Effect — proof (or not) that listening to Mozart during tests will help you do better.
Ayomide! said

am November 17 2009 @ 6:22 am

Agreed.

When I said classical music though, I meant it in the same sense in which you first used classical music- not to refer to the era of Mozart et al. but to refer to the music of our fore-fore-fore fathers.
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am December 1 2009 @ 12:27 pm

You are so right about this. I find that classical music calms me and keeps me focused.
Cizgifilm said

am December 2 2009 @ 7:52 am

You are so right about this. I find that classical music calms me and keeps me focused.
Laptop Briefcases said

am December 2 2009 @ 7:08 pm

Classical music is good to work to, but I still like to mix it up. Sometimes I just need the energy of some fast paced music. It totally depends on what I’m doing. For some tasks, I need music that I can concentrate to, while for other tasks I just need something to help pass the time.
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am December 4 2009 @ 7:22 am

I big fan of music. I’ll check it out the this playlist.
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am December 5 2009 @ 6:01 pm

Classical music is probably the best way to go. I can’t imagine how metal fans can listen to Metallica while doing their HW…..boggles my mind.
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am December 8 2009 @ 4:18 pm

I do enjoy my Buddha Bar type World Music, and some nice PsyTrance in the background doesn’t hurt either. As long as there are no vocals I can work with music, but the minute some vocalist’s ego gets imprinted onto the track it just throws me right off.
Abby said

am December 9 2009 @ 1:36 pm

Thanks for the list, it’s working well for me! FYI, the audio for Vivaldi Summer has been disabled. I’d love it if you could remove it or replace it, since the 3 minutes of silence messes up my studying groove. Thanks!
resimler said

am December 13 2009 @ 12:52 pm

I find that classical music calms me and keeps me focused.You are so right about this
Ayomide! said

am December 17 2009 @ 10:23 pm

lmfao @ “I can’t imagine how metal fans can listen to Metallica while doing their HW…..boggles my mind.”

agreed. the hallway of my residence is forever pumping with angry guitar rifts well until midnight some days. I don’t even bother trying to study in my room anymore.

@Abby….I’ll look into that! I have all these songs on a playlist on my computer now, so I haven’t used it in a while :S
Ayomide! said

am December 17 2009 @ 10:27 pm

@Abby…fixed that problem. The playlist should be working famously now!
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am December 23 2009 @ 6:40 am

i find that it’s easier to concentrate without any music at all, any music distracts me..
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am December 28 2009 @ 1:59 pm

Sorry but I dont like that one.
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am December 28 2009 @ 6:08 pm

You are so right about this.
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am December 28 2009 @ 6:09 pm

I find that classical music calms me and keeps me focused.
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am January 15 2010 @ 4:15 pm

Yes the Classical music is good to work to, but I still like to mix it up. Sometimes I just need the energy of some fast paced music.
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am January 26 2010 @ 8:37 am

You are so right about this.
JV said

am January 31 2010 @ 11:07 pm

The problem is, I’ll still listen to the music. It distracts me anyway.
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am February 2 2010 @ 7:05 pm

Lately I have been listening to more and more music at work. While it may be a slight distraction, it at least blocks out other distractions around me.
Sarah said

am February 22 2010 @ 1:03 am

I prefer to listen to Mozart, for some reason I am able to concentrate and retain more information. You should try it!