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  2. Music and sleep - Wikipedia

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    Although lyric gives depth and meaning to the music, it also stimulates cognitive processes, making it more difficult to fall asleep. Whereas instrumental music focuses on the melody and rhythm, it allows for relaxation without the distraction of lyrics. Research has given evidence for the use of instrumental music in improving sleep quality. [27]

  3. Ambient music - Wikipedia

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    Ambient music is a genre of music that emphasizes tone and atmosphere over traditional musical structure or rhythm.Often "peaceful" sounding and lacking composition, beat, and/or structured melody, [5] ambient music uses textural layers of sound that can reward both passive and active listening, [6] and encourage a sense of calm or contemplation.

  4. Lullaby - Wikipedia

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    "Halaj, belaj, malučký" ("Sleep, Sleep, Little One") – This lullaby is from the east of Moravia, where the dialect is influenced by the Slovak language, and also folk songs are similar to the Slovak ones from across the border. A boy is promised the essential food for infants, kašička, a smooth mixture made of milk and flour.

  5. List of classical music genres - Wikipedia

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    Bagatelle – Short, light instrumental composition. Ballade – Instrumental composition that follows a narrative style, often lyrical and expressive. Barcarolle – Song or instrumental piece in a distinctive rhythm, traditionally associated with Venetian gondoliers. Berceuse – Composition resembling a lullaby, often calm and soothing.

  6. Chill-out music - Wikipedia

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    Chill-out (shortened as chill; also typeset as chillout or chill out) is a loosely defined form of popular music characterized by slow tempos and relaxed moods. [1] [2] The definition of "chill-out music" has evolved throughout the decades, and generally refers to anything that might be identified as a modern type of easy listening.

  7. New-age music - Wikipedia

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    New-age is a genre of music intended to create artistic inspiration, relaxation, and optimism.It is used by listeners for yoga, massage, meditation, [1] and reading as a method of stress management [2] to bring about a state of ecstasy rather than trance, [3] [4] or to create a peaceful atmosphere in homes or other environments.

  8. Music therapy - Wikipedia

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    The practitioner often suggests a relaxing and focusing image, and through the use of imagination and discussion, they aim to find constructive solutions to manage their problems. Bonny applied this psychotherapeutic method to the field of music therapy by using music as the means of guiding the patient to a higher state of consciousness where ...

  9. Long Ambients 1: Calm. Sleep. - Wikipedia

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    Sleep. is the twelfth studio album by American electronica musician Moby. It was released on February 25, 2016, as a free download on his Little Pine restaurant Web site and his own Web site. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The album consists of around four hours of recordings Moby produced for his own personal listening, which he subsequently made available for ...