How Music Can Help You Fall Asleep

There is a lot of truth to the saying, "music soothes the savage beast." In fact, music has the potential to affect humans in many ways, both good and bad. It's no small thing that music therapy is used to treat addictions and a number of mental and emotional disorder. Music is also used to help people who have sleep disorders or struggle to fall asleep on a regular basis.

Keeping in mind everyone has certain music genres that appeal to them in certain ways, there are certain genres that are more conducive to sleep than others. If you are looking for ways to help you sleep better, there is a chance music may be your answer. Without getting into specific pieces of music, the following discussion will focus on music genres that folks favor when they want a good night's sleep.

Classical

The masters (Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin) had a great talent for creating mesmerizing musical pieces using pianos and string instruments. The ability to mesmerize would certainly be beneficial to someone who is trying to relax and fall asleep faster. If you choose to fill your bedroom with classical music at night, you might want to avoid pieces that include the prominent use of horns and percussion instruments. String and woodwind instruments should always be favored.

Country and Western

Country and Western music typically focuses more on the story and less on the actual music. That's something that could help problem sleepers sleep better in two ways. First, country music is usually devoid of loud sounds, depending more on rhythmic musical support, which helps promote falling asleep. Second, focusing on the story allows people to relax and forget about their problems. That usually helps people fall asleep faster.

Jazz

If the sound of horns and woodwind instruments are your thing, there's plenty of soft jazz pieces that have the ability to sooth the savage beast. In particular, jazz pieces supported by pianos, saxophones and woodwind instruments like flutes and clarinets should be favored. Again, you might want to avoid jazz musicians that fancy drums and clanging cymbals.

Pop/Rock

The crooners like Sinatra/Martin/Como in the golden days of pop music and the Michael Boltons of the world have a way of using lyrics and their voices to touch the hearts and souls of music listeners. If you struggle to sleep because of personal issues and relationship problems, there's something about love songs that give a lot of people piece of mind.

Heavy Metal

Yes, it's not crazy to state that some people find it easy to sleep to music from the likes of performers like David Bowie, Nirvana, Def Leppard, Guns N Roses and a host of other hard rock music bands. It's simply a matter of personal taste and how someone is programmed to enjoy music.

With literally thousands of songs/music from which to choose, you should invest some time searching for 25 to 50 songs that seem to relax your body and mind. These are the tunes you could play in a loop at night to help you fall asleep faster and keep sleeping longer.