The best pieces of classical music to study to - Debut This article was written by an external contributor. Andrew Shaw has listed his top recommendations of classical tunes to listen to whilst studying. I might as well as get this out the way in the opening sentence: nothing you listen to will make you more intelligent. While learning to play a musical instrument helps boost your brain power, the fabled ‘Mozart effect’ doesn’t exist, so for the love of god don’t leave all your work until the last night and then put The Marriage of Figaro on repeat for six hours. But music can still help you study. It wont turn you into a genius overnight, but it can keep your mind feeling active, help beat stress and ease nerves. However, this knowledge comes with two small caveats: enjoying the music helps, while lyrics can have the opposite effect. If you want to play music while you work, I’d bet on classical music. It hits the sweet spot of being entertaining but not overly distracting.
