vibes

the vibe is like the atmosphere, there's a lot of moving parts to it. DJ Shadow's Endtroducing for example has a really dark vibe, despite having music that's kinda uplifting, or at least not outright melancholy.

vibe noun (MOOD) the mood of a place, situation, person, etc. and the way that they make you feel: laid-back vibe The city is famous for its laid-back vibe. vibe of I loved the overall vibe of the place but the food wasn't that great.

When we listen to pleasurable music, the “pleasure chemical” dopamine is released in the striatum, a key part of the brain's reward system. Importantly, music activates the striatum just like other rewarding stimuli, such as food and sex.

/vaɪbz/ [plural] 1(formal vibrations, vibe [singular]) (informal) a mood or an atmosphere produced by a particular person, thing, or place good/bad vibes The vibe of the place just wasn't right. Join us. Join our community to access the latest language learning and assessment tips from Oxford University Press!

Through the works of the human brain and the added emotions that intertwine, music creates the ultimate “vibe” for all.

Classification

Types of Vibes

• Physical Vibrations. Your physical energy is the amount of power you have in your body to make it through different activities.
• Mental Vibrations. Your mental energy is what's behind your cognitive work.
• Spiritual Vibrations.
• Emotional Vibrations.

Synonyms of vibes

• energy.
• aura.
• qi.
• vibration(s)
• chi.
• nature.
• ki.
• light.

Music can influence your mood Music can have a massive effect on emotions, and that's one of the reasons why composers add music to films – they want you to feel sad, happy, angry or scared at exactly the right time.

Listening to (or making) music increases blood flow to brain regions that generate and control emotions. The limbic system, which is involved in processing emotions and controlling memory, “lights” up when our ears perceive music.

The valence level determines how positive or sad a song is. So a 0 valence would be a really sad song whereas a 1 would be a really happy song. The energy level represents a perceptual measure of intensity and activity. Typically, energetic tracks feel fast, loud, and noisy.

'Vibe' is a clipping of the word 'vibration' but it is used to mean specifically a feeling or a sensation, a reaction of one person to another person or an event or a place perhaps. So, 'it's a vibe' means 'it's a feeling, it's a sensation.