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question  4 Answers 4  up vote 1 down vote accepted  Mark gave a
great answer, of course suitable for concentration is a
subjective thing so remember my answer is based on what works
for me when I'm coding at work, or concentrating on a problem.
I would add that there's a distinction between relaxing music
and music that helps you concentrate, and there's a certain
crossover between the two.  There's a balance between being
predictable/boring and over developing your piece in general,
but in the case of writing study music I'd say you want to be as
close to the predictable end of the spectrum as possible without
becoming boring so that the listener's active brain isn't
distracted by the music. If the listener is actively paying
attention to the music it might even sound boring, but you're
not aiming for the active listener in this case, you're aiming
for the passive listener.  There was a song called weightless
which was created between scientists an