GENRES OF MUSIC THAT REASONATES WITH YOUR PERSONALITY.
Two years ago, a research was held to determine if there is a connection between one’s personality and the type of music he prefers to listen to.
The research, from around the world suggests that an individual’s favourite music genre is closely linked to his or her personality. But before we conclude which music reasonates your personality, we will give you a brief history on how this genres originated.
We have many types of music but let us deal with these:
The Various Types of Musics:
Blues is an African-American music that traverses a wide range of emotions and musical styles. “Feeling blue” is expressed in songs whose verses lament injustice or express longing for a better life, loss of loved ones, jobs, and money though blues is also a dance music that celebrates pleasure and success. Ambiverts and extroverts enjoy this type of music but not as the introverts do.
Blues is a new combination of African and Western music. Some blues songs are often slow and sad but others are about being in love, or having fun, and these are up-tempo and good to dance to.
Various blues styles developed over the years, some in small towns of the American south and others in cities like Chicago and New Orleans. Blues influence nearly every genre of popular music, from jazz and soul to hip hop.
List of Blues You Can Listen to at Your Leisure Time are:
- The Thrill Is Gone – B.B. King.
- Red House – Jimi Hendrix.
- Hoochie Coochie Man – Muddy Waters.
- Sunshine of Your Love – Cream.
- Born Under A Bad Sign – Albert King.
- I’m Tore Down – Freddy King.
- Pride and Joy – Stevie Ray Vaughan.
- Crossroad Blues – Robert Johnson.
Second on our list is…
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime (a kind of music evolved by black American musicians in the 1890s, played especially on the piano). Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation.
Jazz has all the elements that other music has:
- It has melody which is the tune of the song, the part you’re most likely to remember.
- It has harmony, the notes that make the melody sound fuller.
- It has rhythm, which is the heartbeat of the song.
But what sets jazz apart from other songs is this cool thing called “improvisation”. When you listen to jazz, the music stimulates a calming effect on your body, signalling your central nervous system to lower your respiratory rate and heart rate.
According to research, jazz also improves your verbal ability, focus, memory and mood, as was noted in patients that had suffered from a stroke.
You can even enjoy jazz music while you’re reading and extroverts enjoy this genre of music a lot.
Meanwhile, Best Jazz Song Playlist are:
- Miles Davis – So What.
- Frank Sinatra – Fly Me To The Mood.
- Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra – Mood Indigo.
- Dave Brubeck Quartet – Take Five.
- Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto – The Girl From Ipanema.
- Cab Calloway – Minnie The Moocher.
Rhythm and blues, always abbreviated as R&B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African American communities in the 1940s. The mix of rock and roll and R&B is now known as “British rhythm and blues”. By the 1970s, the term “rhythm and blues” changed again and was used as a blanket term for “soul and funk”.
R&B is also a form of popular music of US black origin which arose during the 1940s from blues, with the addition of driving rhythms taken from jazz. The lyrics are usually sensual and they are mostly focused on love and sex. It was an immediate precursor of rock and roll.
Examples of Rhythms and Blues You Can Enjoy:
- My Lovin (You’re Never Gonna Get It)- En Vogue.
- Feels Good- Tony,Toni and Tone.
- You’re Makin Me High- Toni Braxton.
- Right Here – SWV
- Are You That Somebody -Aaliyah.
- Trip – Ella Mai.
- Fantasy – Mariah Carey.
That brings us to…
Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as “rock and roll” in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in the mid-1960s and later, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Usually, rock is song-based music with a 4/4 time signature using a verse–chorus form, but the genre has become extremely diverse. Like pop music, lyrics often stress romantic love but also address a wide variety of other themes that are frequently social or political. Thinkers, introverts and ambiverts enjoy this genre though it is gradually slipping off existence.
List of Rock Music:
- Black Magic Woman- Santana.
- Stairway to Heaven- Led Zeppelin.
- Dream On -Aerosmith.
- All Right Now- Free.
- Rock & Roll Band- Boston.
- (Don’t Fear) The Reaper- Blue Oyster Cult.
- House Of The Rising Sun-Animals.
- The Sound of Silence- Garfunkel.
Country Music is a genre of popular music that takes its roots from genres such as blues and old-time music, and various types of American folk music including Appalachian, Cajun, and the cowboy Western music styles of Red Dirt, New Mexico and Texas. Majorly, introverts enjoy this mixture of ballads and dance tunes played characteristically on fiddle, banjo, guitar, and pedal steel guitar.
A Playlist of Best Country Music You Can Help Yourself With is:
- “I Walk the Line” by Johnny Cash.
- “Friends in Low Places” by Garth Brooks.
- “Choices” by George Jones.
- “Concrete Angel” by Martina McBride.
- “Where Were You” by Alan Jackson.
- “Live Like You Were Dying” by Tim McGraw.
- “Jolene” by Dolly Parton.
- “I Hope You Dance” by Lee Ann Womack.
Next, we have…
This is a genre of African- American popular music that led to many later genres, from funk and dance music to hip hop and contemporary R&B. It developed in the USA in the late 1950s from African American church music called “gospel music”.
Soul music (often referred to simply as soul) combines elements of African-American gospel music, rhythm and blues and jazz, usually good for introverts.
A Playlist of Soul includes:
- I Heard it Through the Grapevine– Marvin Gaye.
- The Tracks of My Tears – Smokey Robinson.
- Get Ready– The Temptations.
- Soul Man – Sam & Dave.
- Try A Little Tenderness– Otis Redding.
- Living for the City– Stevie Wonder.
- Move On Up – Curtis Mayfield.
Lastly, we have…
This type of music is a music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement.
Modern popular dance music initially emerged from late 19th century’s Western ballroom and social dance music. Exroverts enjoy this genre of music a lot as it helps them express themselves and hit the dance floor in fun.
List of Dance Music You Can Help Yourself With are:
- “Starry Night” by Peggy Gou.
- “Bustin’ Out” by GRiZ featuring Bootsy Collins.
- “Sexy Black Timberlake” by Channel Tres.
- “Let’s Go” by Stonie Blue.
- “She Live” by Maxo Kream featuring Megan Thee Stallion.
- “Got to Keep On” by The Chemical Brothers.
- “Anybody” by Burna Boy.
- “Ayesha” by CupcakKe.
Extra Tip.
If you enjoy West African music a lot, you might want to dance to;
- Sitya Loss- Eddy Kenzo (2014).
- Johnny- Yemi Alade (2014).
- Viva Africa- Eddy Kenzo (2016).
- Jerusalema- Master KG (2019).
- Fall- Davido (2019).
- Shake Body- Skales (2015).
- John Cena- Sho Madjozi (2019).
Finally, Professor Adrian North, a UK based music psychologist, concluded that there is a deep link between musical preference and personality type.
He also stated that music preference and a person’s outlook on life are intrinsically connected to each other.
And though the study indicated no relationship among music preference, self- esteem and social identity, a definite relationship was found between music preferences and personality traits.
So you see, your music preference can give you an insight to your personality. Meanwhile, enjoy this list of music provided for your entertainment.
Happy listening!
Compiled by Chisom Juliet Obi
