13 minutes - that's how long it takes for music to relax you

Listening to music to relax? You have to listen to instrumental pieces with a slow tempo for at least 13 minutes to get the effect. — AFP

“Music has charms to soothe a savage breast,” goes a famous line from a play by 17th-century writer William Congreve, but the line doesn’t say how long it takes.

Recently, researchers at the British Academy of Sound Therapy have determined that you need to listen to it for 13 minutes to feel the beneficial effects on your mood.