Written by: Anshu Niroula - 23009, Grade XII
Posted on: 06 December, 2022
“Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.” -Plato
What is music? Music plays a very crucial part of several different moments in human life. Music has the qualities of making us happy and healing us at the same time… Music is everywhere around us, all we have to do is listen…
Here, I’ve listed some of the mind boggling facts on music; let’s enjoy it together:
Elvis Presley was once told that he lacked talent. He’s still the best-selling solo artist in the world.
There are 8 notes in music and 5 kinds of musical instruments.
‘Metallica’ is the first and only band to have played on all the 7 continents.
The Greek philosopher Pythagorus is known as the creator of music.
The British Navy uses Britney Spears’ songs to scare off pirates.
None of the members of The Beatles could read or write music.
Music is physically good for your heart as well as the brain.
Heavy metal and classical music fans seem to have similar personality traits.
The two musicians with the greatest vocal range were both metal singers: Corey Taylor and Mike Patton.
It is said that ‘Black Sabbath’ invented heavy metal in the late 1960s.
Music (classical in particular) helps the plants to grow faster.
In “Bohemian Rhapsody”, Freddie Mercury plays on the same piano used by Paul McCartney in “Hey Jude”.
References:
https://bestlifeonline.com/music-facts/
https://facts.net/music-facts/
