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Music has the power to engage all the emotions – from excitement to relaxation, from tears to laughter. But why does it have such power over us? The clue lies in babies. The word lullaby has been in English since the Middle Ages. It’s one of several, such as rockaby and hushaby, which show how generations of mothers have helped their children fall asleep through music.Babies can hear in the womb about two months before they’re born. Newborns prefer their mother’s voice to that of a stranger. And they show preferences in music too. One research study played the same tune to a group of mothers every day throughout pregnancy; another group of mothers didn’t hear the tune. When all the babies were born, their heart-rate was monitored while the tune was played to them. Only the ‘musical’ babies reacted to the tune.There’s something special about the music of the voice. From the moment a baby is born, the mother talks to it in an unusual way. Her voice ascends and descends from very high to very low – almost like singing in speech. And infants soon copy. You can hear them trying to sing from around nine months of age. Melody, of both speech and music, is especially significant. In another study, infants were shown pictures of their mother while she was singing and while she was speaking. They looked for longer at the singing one.Singing also simplifies vocal behaviour: words tend to

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Music has the power to engage all the emotions - from excitement to relaxation, from tears to laughter. But why does it have such power over us? The clue lies in babies. The word lullaby has been in since the English Middle Ages.It' s one of several, such as rockaby and hushaby, which show how generations of mothers have helped their children fall asleep through music.in the womb can hear Babies about two months before they' re born. Newborns prefer their mother's voice to that of a stranger. And they show preferences in music too. One research study played the same tune to a group of mothers every day throughout pregnancy; another group of mothers didn' T hear the tune.When all the babies were born,their heart-rate was monitored while the tune was played to them. The 'musical' Only babies reacted to the tune.There' s something special about the music of the voice.From the moment a baby is born, the mother talks to it in an unusual way.Her voice ascends and descends from very high to very low - almost like singing in speech. And infants copy soon.You can hear them trying to sing from around nine months of age. Melody, of both speech and music, is especially significant. In another study, infants were shown pictures of their mother while she was singing and while she was speaking. They looked for longer at the singing one. Singing also simplifies vocal behaviour: words tend to