Pomodoro Focus Music - for ADHD Relief, Better Studying and Concentration

25 minutes of focus music plus a 5 minute break, for a full pomodoro session. Repeat as needed.
These musical soundscapes are optimized to help you stay focused while working or studying.
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Timeline
The tracks are exactly 30 minutes in length so they match the length of a Pomodoro session. You can learn more about the popular Pomodoro technique here and then dive into super-powered sessions using these tracks. Of course, the music can also be used for focus and productivity without the Pomodoro technique.
Non-Distracting Elements
All the sounds and instruments in the tracks are contained within the parameters of reduced auditory salience. This simply means that there are no attention-grabbing sounds that would be disruptive to focus and a productive flow state.
The Productivity Arc
Over the first 20 minutes, the tracks subtly build in an arc-like fashion to evoke a constant flow of energy. This is accomplished by a very gradual thickening of musical texture (how many instruments and parts are playing at once) and a subtle increase in rhythmic complexity (how much musical “motion” or “activity” is occurring within musical time periods, known as phrases, measures, and beats.)
The Subtle Productivity Push
Aiding the constant energy flow, is the element of musical non-resolution. Here’s how it works.
Most Western music revolves around a tonic or musical “home base.” Sing the familiar scale “do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-ti-do” and listen to how “do” (the tonic pitch) feels like a resting place, whereas other tones in the scale have a relatively unstable position and want to move on. They have a type of musical gravity or pull…ultimately resolving to “do”.
This phenomenon of seeking the tonic also works within the chord or harmonic structure of music, but with far more complexity and nuance. Once the tonic of a piece of music is established to the ear, we subconsciously hear all harmonies in that piece of music relative to that tonic, each having a different relationship and amount of musical gravity toward the tonic, and often an associated feeling or “meaning”.
Because our subconscious perceives something unfinished and ongoing in the music, we have a sense that our task is not yet finished.
In the Freedom tracks, there is a subtle avoidance of a complete resolution to the tonic within the chord structures until the final minutes of the track.
The effect of this avoidance of resolution on the listener is a very slight “on your toes” feeling - one of subtle anticipation. Because our subconscious perceives something unfinished and ongoing in the music, we have a sense that our task is not yet finished.
This keeps our attention primed and aware of whatever activity or work we are doing, ultimately keeping us on track for the duration of the music until the tonic resolution is finally reached before the pomodoro break.
The Coda
In the last 3-5 minutes, the music winds down by reducing texture and rhythmic complexity as well as resolving in a more affirmative fashion on the tonic. This brings the listener’s energy levels back to a moderate plateau and prepares them for the 5 minute pomodoro break.
5 Minute Break
After 25 minutes, take a break. The track has a voice prompt to remind you to break, as well as a prompt to invite you back for the next session when the 5 minutes is complete.