How Music Affects Your Heart Rate

•Music with a faster tempo can cause:

–Increased breathing rate

–Increased heart rate

–Increased blood pressure

•Music with a fast tempo was paused, the following effects were noticed, with some falling below the beginning rate:

–Slower breathing rate

–Slower heart rate

–Lower blood pressure

•Slower music has an opposite effect significant fall in heart rate.

–Reggae caused the largest decline in the heart rate.

•The tempo and pace of the music has more of an effect on the human body  than the style of music