If I find a new piece of music that triggers a strong reaction, it can be
very repeatable. For example, when I was 12 I had a tape of some Rachmaninoff performances with one particular section in I think the Paganini Variations, only a few seconds long, that would send me into the stratosphere.
I played it thousands of times until the tape finally broke.
It's very different than finding something beautiful or sublime.
For example, this is a stunning work of music, I find myself enthralled with it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZn_VBgkPNY
However, the opening of this piece will cause me to frisson mildly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KDoz-7IHI4
While the first 3 minutes or so of this will send me into outer space
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uOxOgm5jQ4
Sadly, it'll often wear itself out if I play a piece of music too often. Sometimes I'll "save" certain pieces of music and only play them once or twice a year to experience the "flavor" of the frisson to that music.
It won't happen if I'm extremely stressed. It's actually a way I can tell I'm stressed, if music that should cause me to frisson doesn't. I've worked out some mental exercises and visualizing techniques to overcome the stress and let it happen which has been a great sort of therapy.
I played it thousands of times until the tape finally broke.
It's very different than finding something beautiful or sublime.
For example, this is a stunning work of music, I find myself enthralled with it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZn_VBgkPNY
However, the opening of this piece will cause me to frisson mildly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KDoz-7IHI4
While the first 3 minutes or so of this will send me into outer space http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uOxOgm5jQ4
Sadly, it'll often wear itself out if I play a piece of music too often. Sometimes I'll "save" certain pieces of music and only play them once or twice a year to experience the "flavor" of the frisson to that music.
It won't happen if I'm extremely stressed. It's actually a way I can tell I'm stressed, if music that should cause me to frisson doesn't. I've worked out some mental exercises and visualizing techniques to overcome the stress and let it happen which has been a great sort of therapy.