I think the feelings music can evoke in a listener (real, physical feelings) have a range and grammar that is not quite encapsulated by "Frisson" - though it's

I think the feelings music can evoke in a listener (real, physical feelings) have a range and grammar that is not quite encapsulated by "Frisson" - though it's definitely a good word for the phenomenon as a whole. For example: I could listen to Kenny Kirkland's piano solo on Sting's Bring on the Night live album - and when Kenny (utter jazz genius that he was) starts playing around with semi-discordant alterations to the normal song progression, I will get a powerful skin crawling sensation and involuntary muscle contractions (a bit like being tickled). A real physical response to an apparently unrelated sensory input. Whereas, if I listen to certain tracks by the Verve, it will affect me in completely different ways - equally powerful, but different. It really is fascinating - like a separate language that can communicate with our subconscious. Perhaps it is largely different for different people though - I wonder if the music that affects a person most strongly would correlate with any other aspect of their personality, of mental outlook.