Why do we love bass in music?

There's a reason why y'all love bass music so much, and it has as much to do with the inner workings of your brain as it does with the thrill of writhing alongside thousands of other sweaty-ass people at a dubstep show. read more

Because the bass note of a chord is low, we feel it more physically than other notes and thus it also helps to underpins rhythms and "grooves". This is probably the answer to the "love" question because it is grooves which help us "feel" the music. read more

"There is a physiological basis for why we create music the way we do," study co-author Dr. Laurel Trainor, a neuroscientist and director of the institute, told LiveScience. "Virtually all people will respond more to the beat when it is carried by lower-pitched instruments." Songs typically feature high-pitched melodies with deeper bass lines. read more