Music Therapy? Why not?
One definition of therapy is a process that aims to reduce the level of man’s behavior and simultaneously enhance the ability of adjusting one’s self. What is the method?
Many studies show that classical music is one of the best music for relaxation and meditation. Classical Music Baroque era music proved as the most effective way to reduce stress. The famous composer from this era include JS. Bach, GF Handel, Brahms, Vivaldi and Mozart. Those who studied the influence of classical music on stress reduction or relaxation also found that when listening to classical music and was associated with a machine EEG (electroencephalogram) = machine which measures brain wave activity, demonstrated record brain wave activity similar to brain wave activity that is meditation. In more specific they found that the composition of the Adagio from the era of Baroque music (which has a rate 60 per minute) is the most able to provide the relaxed atmosphere and increase alpha wave production or activity which is equivalent to the perfect relaxation, hypnosis and meditation. Mozart’s music is an example of this Baroque Adagio, and therefore became very popular as a tool of music therapy which is now known as “the Mozart Effect.”
New Age is the flow of other music which also has grown, well accepted and effective for Stress Management. Included in the flow of New Age, among others, New Instrumental, Space Music, Music for Meditation, Ambient Music, Jazz, Fantasy, World Fusion, Celtic Music, and Acoustic Guitar. Usually this type of music is played in instrumental, without words or poetry
Music turned out to be therapeutic and healing.
Music produces rhythmic stimuli that were captured and processed by the hearing organ in the body’s nervous system and glands of the brain reorganize the interpretation of the internal rhythms of sound into the audience. These internal rhythms affect human metabolism so that the process is going better. Better metabolism will result in the body can build a better imune system, and with a better system body imune system becomes more resilient against possible infections (in Campbell, 1997)
So Let’s Beat The Music:)