Music that’s good for prenatal care: classic masterpieces and popular recommended songs to help mom and baby relax
Many expectant mothers may feel, “I want to do something for my baby!” and start prenatal education.
It’s said that from around 18–20 weeks, when mothers begin to feel fetal movements, a baby’s brain and senses develop rapidly, so this is a recommended time to start prenatal education.
With that in mind, we’ve gathered music that’s perfect for prenatal listening, focusing on classical masterpieces.
Of course, it’s important for your baby to hear beautiful music, but it’s also very important for the mother to relax and spend her pregnancy with a calm mind.
Please enjoy soothing moments listening to music together with the baby in your belly.
Your warm, happy feelings will surely be conveyed to your baby.
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Music that’s good for prenatal care: classic pieces that help mom and baby relax, recommended popular tracks (1–10)
Amazing Grace
When people hear “Amazing Grace,” many may picture a gospel song, but it was originally a hymn written in the 18th century by the English clergyman John Newton, based on Irish and Scottish folk melodies, and it is sometimes performed on instruments like the bagpipes.
John Newton had been involved in the transatlantic slave trade, but after facing perils such as a near-shipwreck, he later became a man of faith.
It’s a lovely piece to listen to as prenatal music while feeling the blessings of heaven.
LullabyYohanesu Buraamusu
This piece is a song composed in 1868 by the German composer Johannes Brahms to celebrate the birth of a friend’s child.
Loved around the world as a lullaby, it has lyrics in many different languages.
Its gentle triple meter and easily memorable melody—repeating with subtle variations—seem to offer an exceptional calming effect for mother and child.
Performances with a beautiful vocal timbre like in the video, in particular, give the impression of filling the ears with abundant alpha waves.
TraumereiRoberuto Shūman
This piece is the seventh work in the collection Scenes from Childhood composed by Schumann, and “Träumerei” is said to mean indulging in daydreams.
Schumann injured his fingers at a young age and gave up becoming a pianist.
His wife, the daughter of Schumann’s teacher, was a pianist.
He wrote Scenes from Childhood during the time when she was his sweetheart.
This piece has a distinctive fluctuation in tempo, and that subtle ebb and flow seems to have a very positive effect for prenatal listening.
It’s often played in maternity hospitals, isn’t it?
Air on the G StringYohan Zebasuchian Bakkha
Here is an ultra-famous piece composed by Bach, known as the father of music.
An aria is a vocal form characterized by a relatively relaxed tempo and a lyrical melody.
The title of this piece comes from the fact that the entire piece can be played using only the G string of the violin; however, when Bach originally composed it, it was in D major.
A 19th-century German violinist realized that by transposing it to C major, the whole piece could be played on the G string, and created an arrangement in that key.
The gentle resonance of the strings makes it a piece that seems capable of soothing both mother and child.
CanonYohan Pakkeheruberu
This piece is one of the most famous in classical music, and chances are everyone has heard it at least once.
It’s even used in the interlude of Tatsuro Yamashita’s classic song “Christmas Eve.” A canon is a type of musical form in which a single theme overlaps in succession, like a round—think of “The Frog Song”—as if the parts are chasing each other.
Listening while enjoying the beautiful overlapping melodies is said to be good for prenatal education, and it also seems to enrich the mother by letting her engage with art.