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03 Aug 2013, 4:15 pm

I don't if any of you know music theory or not. But I have found that certain chord progressions in the chorus or in the swell at the end of a bridge leading into a chorus can trigger goosebumps with me. I presume what you guys mean by goosebumps is that wondrous roller-coaster euphoric like felling and not the NT version that is associated with fear and terror.

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03 Aug 2013, 4:32 pm

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Does anyone here ever experience "Goosbumps" if they hear something they really like? Could be a vocal performance, or a really good song. I don't, i can like alot of songs and find myself going back to them, but the goosebumps thing never occurs, is this a AS thing?

I have gotten that feeling many times (at least thats what i believe it to be) Each time I can feel pulses flowing through my body and feeling me with energy. For me its mostly happens when something leaves a positive emotional impact upon me.

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03 Aug 2013, 5:14 pm

LupaLuna wrote:

Oh Yes, I totally get that. Listening and singing. I used to sing. I also studied music theory. It is truly like you are just internally completely absorbed in it, like you become one with it. It is hard to describe in words but it is awesome!

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03 Aug 2013, 10:45 pm

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I too get goosebumps while listening to a really good piece of classical music. As a kid all my classmates used to listen to pop music but I used to listen to classical music and had a collection of vinyl LPs of Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven etc. The strangest effect listening to good music had on me was making me need a pee! For some unknown reason the more I enjoy music the more my kidneys get to work. Good music is like a diuretic :lol:

I've mentioned this to one or two NTs before but they think I'm crazy.

Music makes you Pee? I have never heard of that before. That is interesting. Maybe it's because it relaxes you.

I get something like this and so does my son. I think it's not about relaxation but a kind of sympathetic nervous stimulation.. There is a sensation that is like one that is associated with the need to urinate and I think that sensation (somewhat like the goosebump response) is what triggers the need to pee. Weird but true. That may be more of a sensory/ASD thing.

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03 Aug 2013, 11:23 pm

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My personal experience is that I am often flooded with sensation and emotion when listening to music or touched deeply by another persons suffering.

I often feel that in the same way there is a world of difference between those with classic autism and those with AS, I strongly sence there is an equally large distance that separates the logic & literal minded left brain dominant Aspie from that of the emotional metaphorical right brained Aspire.

Consequently I feel it natural that more people with right brained dominance within the spectrum would naturally experience emotional surges and goosebumps than left brained dominant aspies.

However, I would be delighted to be proved wrong on this, consequently I welcome any stereotypical left brained dominant aspie to share with us their goosebumps stories.

For example, are there any conventional aspies who get tingles up their spine ( goosebumps) playing computer games or whilst being totally absorbed in their special interest, like if your a trainspotter and you see the train of your dreams?

I love watching birds, collecting information and knowledge on every aspect of birds. But for me details are just a means whereby I can be more intimate with the creatures. When I see a rare or even a simple common bird its beauty can make me cry and I can be filled with goosebumps.

This is very close to my experience, except I seem to get a bit from both sides. I can't count how many times I've embarrassed myself by taking something literally that someone's said to me. Also a best friend of mine told me I'm the most logical person he knows,

I've been moved to tears with certain music, but not so much to goosebumps that I can remember. Though it's not uncommon for me to have a big dumb grin, from ear to ear, either

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03 Aug 2013, 11:48 pm

I'm a musician and yes. It has to be damn good music performed exceptionally well, though.

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04 Aug 2013, 1:17 am

Every single one of my top music pieces have given me goosebumps on at least one occasion. The best, every time I listen to them. Same with some of my favorite movies. It really can be a great experience, I kind of feel bad for people who don't get the same sorts of feelings from music.

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08 Aug 2013, 10:15 pm

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I'm a musician and yes. It has to be damn good music performed exceptionally well, though.

I hear you! I have very high standards because I know the hard work, sweat and tears and long hours I had to put in to learning my music. I have had tears sitting and listening to performances because they were so bad that I wanted to leave but I could not because of the circumstances.

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08 Aug 2013, 11:17 pm

I get the same thing when I get to my favourite part of a piece of classical or modern music. Also from movies. It's not so much goosebumps, more like a chill going up my spine. It's a great feeling. I don't get it when playing music because I'm too busy concentrating but if I play something fast I can get a minor adrenaline rush. So do NT folks experience this sort of thing?

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09 Aug 2013, 4:41 am

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I'm a musician and yes. It has to be damn good music performed exceptionally well, though.

For me it's that, and the fact that I have a very, very well developed musical ear.

I have a high tolerance for bad performance from inexperienced musicians, though: I teach music. I deal with beginners all the time.
I do dislike it when I hear a professional musician play unmusically, though.

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09 Aug 2013, 6:35 am

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skibum wrote:

TallyMan wrote:

I've mentioned this to one or two NTs before but they think I'm crazy.

Music makes you Pee? I have never heard of that before. That is interesting. Maybe it's because it relaxes you.

That is really interesting. I am glad I don't have that. Can you imagine, "Excuse me, I have to interrupt this performance so I can run off the stage and go pee!" LOL!! !

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09 Aug 2013, 6:41 am

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I'm a musician and yes. It has to be damn good music performed exceptionally well, though.

I have a pretty good ear too so bad sounds really sound bad. But I agree with you, It's one thing to sit through a five year old's recital or a new musician's performances. I actually find that very sweet and heartwarming even if the music is bad. But If I have to pay good money for people who are supposed to be professional or who claim to be or who are said to be excellent, I can't put up with that at all. Especially if they are getting paid to perform.

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09 Aug 2013, 7:24 am

LupaLuna wrote:

This. I love music (and learned to play the piano as a kid) and often get this kind of goosebumps from listening.

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09 Aug 2013, 10:17 am

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I get the feeling aswell, I have long wondered about this and how I can feel a song like that and others can't.

This is one of the best songs for making myself feel that way, I have noticed that clean and heavy bass with well defined chord changes and well timed and developed drum lines with that go a long way to creating that feeling for myself although not always required. This is one of the simplest songs ever yet so effective at createing that feeling, honestly I can place myself in the lyrics so theres a connection there, its the total package of music and lyrics.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_601kPxo1lQ[/youtube]

Are most people not able to feel this stuff? I know the record compaines are using computer systems/programs to test some of these types of reactions to new material before relesing new materal, I firmly beleave this why I dislike the vast majory of major label releases and am unable to feel anything at all listening to them, they literally wern't made for me to listen too.

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09 Aug 2013, 11:10 am

I get goosebumps when I hear something with such intense emotion that I can actually feel their emotion.

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09 Aug 2013, 4:12 pm

Not sure about goosebumps, but yeah there's something there

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