{"id":7971,"date":"2023-12-10T01:01:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-10T01:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=7971"},"modified":"2026-01-16T12:25:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T12:25:48","slug":"frisson-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=7971","title":{"rendered":"Frisson"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a new word for me. I ran across it in a random post on FB. I couldn’t resist reading more, because it has a lot to do with music and I am consumed by music on my walks. Frisson is the name for those goosebumps you get when you hear a particular piece of music. It’s a kind of “orgasm of the skin.” It’s all chills, thrills and goosebumps when a certain chord is played on a particular instrument or when a voice executes a series of notes that are nothing short of “orgasmic.”<\/p>\n

Studies have been done and a list of 715 pieces<\/a> of music has been complied of songs known to be “Frissonic” – having the ability to elicit this musical “high.” I happen to have a lot of them in my playlist. I am in awe of Eva Cassidy (d. 1996). She has at least two songs that she has recorded on this list – “Over the Rainbow”and “What a Wonderful World.” Also listed are: John Denver, Sarah McLachlan, Leonard Cohen, Don McLean, Bing Crosby…to name a few. It’s a pretty amazing list.<\/p>\n

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Now, I don’t like all the songs listed and I prefer the performances of other musicians on some pieces than the ones listed, however, I’m thrilled that science has found a neurological base for the elevating power of music.<\/p>\n

As a footnote, here is a link to a song that has defined my life from the first time I heard it in the late ’60s. I have it in my playlist by several performers – Eva Cassidy, Charlotte Church, and of course the original Simon and Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Waters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The picture? Mud Creek and my untroubled waters.<\/p>\n

Have a musical day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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