Why Do People Like Different Types Of Music?
But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids
Vermont Public
4.3 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 17 August 2018
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of But Why, we hear music from Music for Sprouts' Mr. Chris, Drummer Seny Daffe, and cellist Emily Taubl and answer questions about strings, percussion, and the magic of music itself. Get ready to dance.
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| 0:00.0 | But why? A podcast for curious kids is known for serious answers to silly questions sent |
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| 0:29.4 | at themykids.org slash books. |
| 0:55.2 | This is But Why, a podcast for curious kids from VPR. I'm Jane Lintholm. |
| 1:01.2 | On this podcast, we take questions from kids like you all over the world and we find answers. |
| 1:08.1 | This week we're going to get up and dance. Do you like music? |
| 1:12.6 | Most people do, but there are a lot of different types of music out there. Classical, jazz, |
| 1:18.7 | hip-hop, rock and roll. There are so many different types and styles of music I'm not even |
| 1:22.9 | going to try to list them. And maybe you have some preferences. Music you really like |
| 1:28.5 | and music you really don't. Lily wonders why that is. |
| 1:32.5 | I'm eight years old. I'm from Jamestown, New York. And my question is, why do people |
| 1:38.9 | like different music? |
| 1:40.8 | Why do different people like different music? Well, Lily, there isn't really a concrete |
| 1:45.9 | scientific reason. It depends on a lot of things. The types of music you've grown up with, |
| 1:51.9 | what kind of mood you're in, how you were introduced to the music. Sometimes you like |
| 1:57.1 | a song for a while, but listen to it so many times you get sick of it. And sometimes |
| 2:02.5 | a song or a piece of music becomes attached to a good or bad memory for you. And that |
| 2:08.0 | can influence how you feel about the song when you hear it even many years later. |
| 2:13.3 | But no matter what kind of music you like, many people would agree that music can really |
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