Why We Remember Song Lyrics So Easily?
- Jun 2, 2016
- 1 min read
Baris Manco's song, "Bu Gun Bayram" "Today is a special day"
Baris Manco's song, "S.O.S Aman Hocam" (The Alphabet song)
Why is it that you have to try much harder to memorize your class notes than song lyrics? In fact, it might seem that you can memorize the lyrics to an entire album without even trying. You might feel like song lyrics are the only things that can stick to your brain, but the reasoning behind why this is, is fascinating. Repetition, Connections, Rhyme and Pattern are contributing factors to why it seems like it is easier to memorize song lyrics.
We remember music lyrics the same way we remember other things, by repetition. Along with repetition comes practice. Connections also contribute to why memorizing some things are easier than others. Our brains use networks to retrieve and store information. It is easier for our brain to locate information that has more associations. When we remember lyrics to a song, we often remember a specific voice, sound, or instrument. All of these help us remember the words that were paired with.
Rhyme and Pattern also help us remember things. If you listen to the rhymes within a song, it is often easy to predict some of the context of the next line. The pattern of the song lyrics, or the beats, helps us line up the amount of syllables of the line. If you are trying to match the amount of syllables of one line to the next, there are many words you can eliminate.This makes it easier to predict what some of the lyrics might be.
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