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Music and your brain

Research using fMRI technology and PET scans has shown that listening to music activates more than just the auditory area of your brain. When you listen to music, many parts of your brain are activated.

And the parts that are activated can vary depending on each individual's experiences and musical training. 

So the way your brain responds to music is 

unique to you.

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Music and meaning

Indre Viskontas is both a neuroscientist and opera singer. In her 2016 TED Talk, she reflected on how science helped her better understand music.

"Your brain is primed to search for meaning, for patterns, in a random, chaotic world. We look for these things everywhere, and we've evolved in such a way that it's enjoyable when we make a new connection, when we learn something new, when we understand something meaningful. We find pleasure in it."

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Progress > Perfection

Learning the lyrics to new things (music or otherwise) can take time. Think about all the different areas of your brain lighting up, searching for meaning and patterns in the chaos. 

Of course it takes time!

But you can enjoy a song before you've learned to sing all the words perfectly.