Shots - Health News : NPR: We open our hymnals to Hymn 379, and we begin to sing. "God is Love, let heav'n adore him / God is Love, let earth rejoice ..."
Lifting voices together in praise can be a transcendent experience, unifying a congregation in a way that is somehow both fervent and soothing. But is there actually a physical basis for those feelings?
To find this out, researchers of the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden studied the heart rates of high school choir members as they joined their voices. Their , published this week in Frontiers in Neuroscience, confirm that choir music has calming effects on the heart — especially when sung in unison.
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It is amazing to see the scientific validation of ‘music brings people together’. It makes sense though that as people work to bring together their vocal tone and volume, that their hearts are beating at similar frequencies and making the song seem like one complete whole, instead of many parts singing the same song. Not only is this used in churches, but in schools and events as well to bring people together in a fun way.
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