Does music seem faster when you get older?

[BABMusic]

I'm only in my 40s, but wanted to ask if it's normal that music I used to play in my 20s now seems much faster? I wonder how I used to play along with some of this stuff. Has anyone else had this experience? I hope this is normal.

 

[BeZo]

Time to hit the gym. You need to get your heart rate up. That's the measuring stick. The music us the same pace. You're slowing down. Try listening while doing low planks and see how the pace changes. It'll sound like doom metal.

 

[RaceU4her]

no

 

[BABMusic]

Time to hit the gym. You need to get your heart rate up. That's the measuring stick. The music us the same pace. You're slowing down. Try listening while doing low planks and see how the pace changes. It'll sound like doom metal.

I started using my treadmill everyday this fall, so that's a start.

I guess I should have said that music doesn't sound faster, but that I can't believe how I used to be able to easily keep up with some songs that now feel "faster".

 

[Sick Michael]

Things seem older, when you get faster.

not sure this helps.

 

[sytharnia1560]

no not really ... but at 54 my hands are getting slower and hurt all the time, so that makes playing stuff a bitch

 

[TheGreatGreen]

Serious answer, it seems faster when I'm tired and slower when I'm wide awake and firing on all cylinders.

 

[Techdeth]

For me since I teach and practice so much I do feel music has slowed down for me . But I’m in a unique situation .

 

[japetus]

It actually seems slower.

 

[rstites]

I'm only in my 40s, but wanted to ask if it's normal that music I used to play in my 20s now seems much faster? I wonder how I used to play along with some of this stuff. Has anyone else had this experience? I hope this is normal.

It's not a huge surprise. I can't believe how slow I am on the soccer field now. Playing speed isn't exactly the same, but it's certainly related. It's still muscles that naturally degrade with time, even if you do work out constantly.

....at the very least, I like that theory a bit more than admitting how much of it is because I don't have the time to practice like I used to. I'm sure it's a combination in there somewhere.

 

[BABMusic]

Serious answer, it seems faster when I'm tired and slower when I'm wide awake and firing on all cylinders.

I have noticed that when I am in the middle of jogging a mile or two, music does seem to slow down. It's a weird thing.