The *Type* of Music for Meditation

[Altair]

If you use music for meditation in the first place, what *type* of music is your go-to? I'm not talking specific pieces here (though doubtless they'll come up as examples), but rather: What's the common element shared by those pieces that you find transporting?

Most of the time, I meditate without music. But when I do use music, for me, the key seems to be a droning bass. Something about a sustained low-frequency tone sends my mind into neutral. Sometimes when I'm not meditating but nonetheless listening to such music, I hum along...and then my whole body vibrates with the low notes from somewhere way down deep. I'll catch my mind slipping into a blank canvas state in those moments, even without formal meditation.

What works for you?

[TheGreenWizard]

If you use music for meditation in the first place, what *type* of music is your go-to? I'm not talking specific pieces here (though doubtless they'll come up as examples), but rather: What's the common element shared by those pieces that you find transporting?

Most of the time, I meditate without music. But when I do use music, for me, the key seems to be a droning bass. Something about a sustained low-frequency tone sends my mind into neutral. Sometimes when I'm not meditating but nonetheless listening to such music, I hum along...and then my whole body vibrates with the low notes from somewhere way down deep. I'll catch my mind slipping into a blank canvas state in those moments, even without formal meditation.

What works for you?

In the past, I meditated to music that had - for lack of a better term because my brain is on its last spoon or two - a shamanistic bent to. What I mean is there was a specific beat to it (often percussion) and helped my brain get into a trance. For example, I love Medicine Chant by Anilah as well as Krigsgaldr by Heilung. Especially when I have my earbuds in and I have a candle flame to focus on. The combination of the auditory low notes with the fixation on a bright flame in a dark room just make my brain slip into a lower state and I can reorganize all the crap that has accumulated in there.