The Effect of Classical and Jazz Background-Music on Concentration and Reading Comprehension in Young Adult Women

Abstract

Classical and jazz music activates ? brain wave that stimulate the excretion of ?-endorphins that has a role in increasing the alertness and attention. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of classical and jazz background-music to the concentration and reading comprehension. This is a quasi experimental study, with pre-test and post-test design, performed on 30 young adult women. The measured data were Addition and reading comprehension test scores before and while listening to music. Data were analyzed using paired t-test with and non paired t-test with ?=0.05. The results showed that there were highly significant differences of Addition Test score (547.73) and reading comprehension test score (80.33) with classical music background; Addition Test score (577.47) and reading comprehension test score (78.33) with jazz music background compared to pre-treatment of classical (457.57; 61.67) (p<0.01); and jazz music (538.07; 65.00) (p<0.01) respectively. The comparison of both types of music showed no difference of Addition Test score and reading comprehension test score (p>0.05). We concluded classical and jazz background music improve concentration and reading comprehension in young adult women, with no significant differences in both types of background music.
 Keywords: concentration, reading comprehension, background music, classical, jazz

The Effect of Exposure Length to Jazz Music on The Production of Pakcoy (Brassica Rapa, L) in Indoor Cultivation

“…The use of jazz music in this study is because jazz music has regular rhythms and tones and gives the effect of flow to the listener. The Effect flow can help people free from emotional disturbances so they can focus on their work (Pramono et al, 2019). It is hoped that the application of jazz music to pakcoy can help the growth of pakcoy and increase the production of pakcoy.…”