eye music

The term “augenmusik” is a German work that means literally, “eye music” or music to be appreciated visually.

A study by American scientists from the late aughts seems to indicate that music can affect your eyesight. When you're listening intently to music, your brain shifts resources from the region that processes sight to the one that processes audio. You know how you close your eyes when you want to concentrate on music?

If you want to say “music” in German, you would simply say “musik.” Because German and English are so closely related, much of the vocabulary is almost identical.

In Germany, it's considered polite to maintain eye contact almost all the time while talking to another person. This is especially important during business meetings. Eye contact is a sign of attentiveness, and you don't need to be afraid of threatening someone with this.

Tears flow spontaneously in response to a release of tension, perhaps at the end of a particularly engrossing performance. Certain pieces of music can remind us of past events, experiences and people, triggering memories and associated emotions.

Synesthesia is when you hear music, but you see shapes. Or you hear a word or a name and instantly see a color. Synesthesia is a fancy name for when you experience one of your senses through another.

German folklore, too, became the backbone of the great works of Weber and Wagner. Romanticism, the tradition of the church, folklore - German composers and their music being so successful could be down to any of these factors.

Germans have played a leading role in the development of classical music. Many of the best classical musicians such as Bach, Händel, Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Wagner, Mahler, or Schoenberg (a lineage labeled the "German Stem" by Igor Stravinsky) were German.

Good eye contact is an important display of honesty during a conversation. The eyes are a central part of nonverbal communication. They show a range of emotions that words won't always speak. And honesty can help two people build trust.

In Portugal, as in most Western European countries, it is proper and polite for individuals to maintain eye contact with patients during a conversation. Making eye contact is generally considered a good thing. In some Middle Eastern cultures, however, eye contact is much less common and considered less appropriate.

Classical music in particular steers a mysterious path through our senses, triggering unexpected and powerful emotional responses, which sometimes result in tears – and not just tears of sadness. Tears flow spontaneously in response to a release of tension, perhaps at the end of a particularly engrossing performance.

/kəˈθɑtɪk/ A movie, play, or song that makes you cry is called cathartic.