Whenever I’m listening to certain songs, they’ll sound different if I’m bobbing my head back and forth than if I listen to them normally. Hard to describe, the notes and high points of a song just sound way more impactful. Do we know why this is?
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Oooh ooh nobody answered? I get to try and make up an answer hoping I’m right, sweet.
Music is just sound and that’s compression waves of air, to over simplify. How those waves will hit your ear when the waves and air and organs are jostling with your movement will affect what you hear and how. Certain frequencies may better survive that experience over others.
I think what’s going on here is more subjective than some scientific reason that would make the sound be different while moving. We humans (and lots of other animals) have an affinity towards rhythm. We like making it, and we like moving with it. You don’t need to teach a child to dance to music: they’ll just start bouncing to the beat all on their own.
Sound is one of those things where your mindset and attitude and feelings influence how it is experienced. My bet here is that you just… feel good while you’re moving to the music, and it makes the whole sensation more enjoyable.
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