Following the study using Bach’s music for flute, Institut Marquès is continuing research with other types of music and sounds, with results that vary widely.
At this moment we are analysing the response by the percentage of fetuses that move their mouth and tongue, and those who specifically stick out their tongue in response to each type of music.
We have tried many different types of music throughout the study, updating the results weekly, and we continue to look into which rhythms and melodies are the most stimulating and why.
Universal Music has been collaborating with our research group in R&D&I, and has permitted us to use their files. In connection with this, the company’s collaborators have suggested sounds and segmented the fragments from which we have obtained more results in order to analyse the specific characteristics of these melodies.
In this graph you can see some of the results and listen to the fragment of music:
Comparative table on response of the fetus to music
TITLE AND AUTHOR
MOUTH TONGUE MOVEMENT
TONGUE PROTRUSIO
MOZART
Serenata K525, Mozart
91%
73%
CORAL
Campana sobre campana
91%
30%
QUEEN
Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen
90%
40%
MIGUEL POVEDA
Embrujao por tu querer
90%
20%
BACH FLUTE
BWV1030, Bach
87%
47%
VILLAGE PEOPLE
Y.M.C.A
90%
10%
PROKOFIEV
Pedro y Lobo Op.67
88%
10%
TRADITIONAL JAP
Kizuna
84%
46%
MANTRA
82%
9%
PIANO MOZART
Sonata K448, Mozart
80%
20%
DRUMS
African music
78%
11%
EMILIANO TOSSO
Maternita
75%
35%
BEETHOVEN
Sinfonia nº9 Himno de la Alegría
72%
27%
OZONE
Dragostea Din Tei
70%
20%
STRAUSS
Marcha Radetzky, Strauss
70%
10%
RICHARD CLAYDERMAN
Adeline
60%
30%
ADELE (A Capella)
Someone like you, Adele
60%
20%
HARP
Fiesta Criolla, Carlos Santana
60%
10%
BEE GEES
Too much haven
59%
0%
RANCHERAS
Vicente Fernandez, El Rey
55%
5%
LULLABY
54%
8%
ANTONIO OROZCO
Pedacitos de ti
90%
45%
SHARON CORR
Mna Na hEireann
87%
50%
HAVANERES
Gavina voladora, Marina Rossell
50%
17%
GUITAR
Aranjuez concert, Joaquín Rodrigo
50%
10%
SHAKIRA
Waka waka
50%
8%
VIVALDI
Concierto RV356, Vivaldi
50%
20%
GREGORIANO
Santo Domingo de Silos
50%
6%
MICKEY MOUSE’S VOICE
76%
17%
HUMAN VOICE
60%
0%
The fetus reacts differently depending on the fragment of music Mozart’s Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major, K 525, “Eine kleine Nachtmusik” elicits mouth-tongue movement in 91% of fetuses, and tongue protrusion in 73% of fetuses after month 6. However, Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos in D major, K 448,results in a lower response (80% and 20% respectively).