How Long Does It Take Us to Like A Song?

You might spend an hour trying to find something worth watching on Netflix. But by the time you find it, you’re barely awake. It happens a lot, doesn’t it? But with music, we don’t need that amount of time. Within just a few seconds, we can form a strong initial impression based on the melody, rhythm, and lyrics. Our brain seems to make rapid judgments about whether we like or dislike a certain song. But are we truly capable of judging an entire musical masterpiece based on these fleeting moments? <h1>The challenges with music experiments</h1> The average length of a popular song is between <a href="https://www.wired.com/2014/07/why-are-songs-on-the-radio-about-the-same-length/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">3 and 4 minutes</a>. Historically, this was because the original records could only hold 3 minutes of music on each side of the disk. But later, when CDs came, the average length increased to around 4 minutes, and it has stayed there since the 1990s. Some studies use whole songs while others use brief excerpts (from 5s to 2 min. snippets). These both try to analyze how music triggers emotions and find out what our music preferences are. So can results be valid if the music length varies so much? Aren’t we oversimplifying music by testing just a couple of seconds of a music piece? There’s always a time constraint. <a href="https://medium.com/illumination/how-long-does-it-take-us-to-like-a-song-a0dadd429b65">Visit Now</a>