Those who listened to happy classical music were more creative | 432Hz playlist

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Those who listened to happy classical music were more creative

Classical Happy Music playlist that inspires creativity | 432Hz

Tap Into Your Creativity with Happy Music

Researchers from the Netherlands and Australia have just discovered a connection between happy music and creativity. They conducted an experiment where participants listened to four different types of music while taking two types of creativity tests. The musical selections were all classical pieces that varied on two dimensions, valence (positive or negative) and arousal (high or low). The four pieces were described as calm, happy, sad, and anxious, and a control group took the tests in silence.

The results found that those who listened to happy music (classical music that elicits a positive mood and is high on arousal) were more creative than those who didn't listen to any music. Specifically, they did better on divergent thinking tasks, which require generating a broad range of ideas in an open-ended way. This was the case regardless of how familiar a participant was with the music or even how much they liked the music or not.

These results fall in line with previous research on mood and creativity that suggests that we are more cognitively flexible when we're in a good mood and perhaps we feel more energized, which encourages persistence when we listen to music with a more active tempo. The happy classical music used in this study was Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269, "Spring": I. Allegro.

So if you're feeling particularly lost in the initial stages of idea generation for a new project or marketing campaign, try listening to some happy classical music.

Other studies have found similar effects of music with a faster tempo and major mode on cognitive abilities such as processing speed, visuospatial reasoning, and declarative memory. In a study published in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, researchers found a positive effect of Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik on processing speed and declarative memory in older adults. This was compared with silence, white noise, and a low-tempo minor mode piece of music by Mahler.

These studies suggest that not only can listening to music be beneficial for key cognitive tasks like creativity, memory, processing speed, and visuospatial reasoning but the type of music you listen to affects each task differently. Happy music that has an upbeat tempo and major mode has the most beneficial impact, putting us in the right mood to be more creative and efficient in our work.

So in light of all this research we set out to find the perfect Spotify playlists to boost your mental abilities at work.