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Autism Soothing Music Video Playlist
A calming mix of repetitive, rhythmic instrumental music
High-regulation tracks (looping and repetitive)
These tracks feature constant, predictable patterns with very little variation in volume, allowing your mind to relax and regulate itself without effort:
Brian Eno - 1/1 (from Music for Airports)
Marconi Union - Weightless
Arvo Part - Spiegel im Spiegel
Philip Glass - Glassworks - Opening
Max Richter - Dream 3 (from Sleep)
J.S. Bach - Prelude in C Major (from The Well-Tempered Clavier)
Pachelbel - Canon in D Major
C418 - Sweden (from Minecraft)
Erik Satie - Gymnopedie No. 1
Erik Satie - Gymnopedie No. 3
J.S. Bach - Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major - Prelude
Max Richter - Vladimir's Blues
Aphex Twin - Avril 14th
Harold Budd & Brian Eno - First Light
Ludovico Einaudi - Nuvole Bianche
Ludovico Einaudi - I Giorni
Goldmund - Threnody
Nils Frahm - Ambre
Joep Beving - Sleeping Lotus
Hania Rani - Eden
Fabrizio Paterlini - Rue des Trois Freres
Dustin O'Halloran - Opus 23
Yann Tiersen - Comptine d'un autre ete - L'apres-midi
Ludovico Einaudi - Le Onde
Structured melodic tracks
These follow-on tracks are soothing but start to introduce more melodic movements and rhythmic variety, giving your brain the chance to start exploring feelings, thoughts and emotions that surface naturally in their own time:
Mozart - Clarinet Concerto in A Major - Adagio
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons - Winter (Movement 2 - Largo)
Claude Debussy - Clair de Lune
Joe Hisaishi - One Summer's Day (Piano Solo from Spirited Away)
Handel - Water Music - Air
Gabriel Faure - Pavane (Op. 50)
J.S. Bach - Air on the G String
Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 8 ("Pathetique") - Adagio cantabile
Saint-Saens - The Carnival of the Animals - The Swan
Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 21 - Andante ("Elvira Madigan")
Marcello - Oboe Concerto in D Minor - Adagio
Yiruma - River Flows in You
Vivaldi - Concerto for Two Cellos in G Minor - Movement 2 (Largo)
Claude Debussy - Arabesque No. 1
Corelli - Christmas Concerto (Op. 6, No. 8) - Pastorale
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (Piano Version)
Gluck - Orfeo ed Euridice - Dance of the Blessed Spirits
J.S. Bach - Goldberg Variations - Aria
Alexis Ffrench - Bluebird
Mozart - Concerto for Flute and Harp - Andantino
Telemann - Viola Concerto in G Major - Largo
Massenet - Thais - Meditation
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons - Spring (Movement 2 - Largo e pianissimo sempre)
Haydn - String Quartet Op. 3, No. 5 - Serenade
Yiruma - Kiss the Rain
Saint-Saens - The Carnival of the Animals - Aquarium
Spanish Traditional - Romance Anonimo
Nobuo Uematsu - To Zanarkand (Piano Collections version)
Claude Debussy - Reverie
Olafur Arnalds - Tomorrow's Song
Mozart - Eine kleine Nachtmusik - Romanze
Zipoli - Adagio for Oboe, Cello, and Organ
Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata (Movement 1 - Adagio sostenuto)
Traditional - Sakura Sakura (Japanese Koto instrumental)
Boccherini - String Quintet in E Major - Minuet
Dirk Maassen - To the Sky
Stanley Myers - Cavatina (Classical Guitar)
Ravel - Pavane for a Dead Princess
Elgar - Salut d'Amour
Gabriel Faure - Sicilienne (Op. 78)
Mozart - Piano Sonata No. 16 ("Facile") - Andante
Once you've had a chance to listen to some of these tracks, there's nothing to stop you copying our playlist into your own YouTube account and making it your own. Take out the ones you don't like so much, and add in other tracks you know you already like. Change the order of the tracks to suit how you like to feel. It's your playlist now!
| What you'll learn from this video... This YouTube music video playlist is a powerful mix of soothing, rhythmic instrumental music that help autistic minds relax and regulate their emotions. Predictable patterns and rhythms, played with consistent volume, all help reduce sensory overwhelm. Rhythmic music provides a kind of auditory anchor, lowering your anxiety and meeting your autistic need for sameness and letting your brain regulate itself without any effort. Put your headphones on, close the curtains, then sit back, relax and enjoy! |
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