The Science of Sound Please bear with me as I get a bit technical, but I would like to discuss the effects of music in a scientific matter, to get to the root of the subject.
Music is a vibratory phenomenon.
Air particles are set in motion and these air particles in turn set matter that is within hearing distance into motion. An example of vibrational sympathy is the sympathetic strings on the North Indian musical instrument called the sitar . The sitar is a large wooden instrument that has strings attached to it not unlike a guitar. These are the strings that are played by the musician when he or she is performing. Underneath these main strings, however, is a full set of strings that are tuned to the scale of the composition that is being played.