what's so special about classical music?
References
Bell, T. P., McIntyre, K. A., & Hadley, R. (2016). Listening to Classical Music Results in a Positive Correlation Between Spatial Reasoning and Mindfulness. Psychomusicology: Music, Mind & Brain, 26(3), 226-235. doi:10.1037/pmu0000139
This article goes into depth about how music effects different people in different ways and also has to do with the type, tempo, and rhythms of the music itself.
Case, E., & Else, L. (2003, November 29). We can work it out: music therapy sounds like another of those new-age techniques designed to soothe stressed executives. In fact, it's something far more profound that may reach the parts other therapies cannot. New Scientist, 180(2423), 43. Retrieved from http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=GPS&sw=w&u=wood17828&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA111062711&asid=fcb2ff70384fd8da2809c826ca528779
This source helps to explain music's therapeutic qualities and shows evidence that suggests that it is better than modern practices.
Premature Babies' Pain Reduced by Music. (2008, June). National Right to Life News, 35(6), age 15. Retrieved from http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=GPS&sw=w&u=wood17828&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA180512916&asid=c4b8c13df01921e2d6b9ad441121d853
This source helped to explain music and its effects on a baby human being, in the sense that it calms and helps to reduce the pains in the developing child.