Music Improvisation For Dealing With Mood Swings

Research Aim

Describe about the Music Improvisation for Deal with Mood Swings.

There are several kinds of music genres are existing to most of the music lovers. Research, over many years, has portrayed a fact that music is a very strong medium and it can also influence several human activities as well as behaviors (Bunt & Stige 2014, p.12). Music has a strength at the social group level as it can facilitate communication that goes beyond words, supports the development if group identity as well as induces shared emotional reactions (Chandra & Sharma 2013, p.20). Thus, this research is mainly aimed to identify as well as explore the way through which music can greatly influence the health as well as mental conditions of an individual. Therefore, this proposal outlines as well as depicts the basic methodologies those are necessary for conducting the entire research to accomplish the objectives of this research. Moreover, this research would shed light on the emotions in music as well as the emotions those are expressed with the help of music in music therapy.

The major aim of this research is to identify as well as explore the way through which music can greatly influence the health as well as mental conditions of an individual. Moreover, this research is aimed to identify the role of the music improvisation in order to help people while dealing with the problem of mood swing.

The objectives of this research are as follows:

• To identify as well as explore the way through which music can greatly influence the health as well as mental conditions of an individual.
• To identify the role of the music improvisation in order to help people while dealing with the problem of mood swing
• To the approaches with the help of which the problems like depression and mood swing can be resolved by the music improvisation.

Data Collection

In order to accomplish or conduct a particular research, it is very important to select an appropriate data collection technique. Data collection is a very effective process through which information can be measured and gathered on the variables of interest. It can also be done in a systematic manner that can enable one for answering the stated research questions and evaluating the results. There are two kinds of data, which are generally collected in a particular research such as primary as well as secondary data (Brown & Stowers, 2013, p.144).  Therefore, there are two significant methods of data collection based on the categorization of collected data such as primary data collection and secondary data collection method. The primary data collection method deals with the process of collecting data for a particular research through the descriptive research or the surveys. On the other hand, in case of the secondary data collection method, secondary data are gathered from several articles, journals, books and websites as well in order to execute a particular research.

Research Objectives

Hence, in case of this research, primary data collection method would be preferred, as this technique would be utilized based on the live evidences. Therefore, a survey can be conducted among few people who generally listen music and can generally provide a response regards to the topic of this research (Chandra & Sharma 2013, p.20). Therefore, the implementation of the primary data collection method in this research can ensure the relevance of the data sources. Therefore, an authentic as well as an effective research would be conducted.

• Research should have the permission of the participants of the survey
• Subjectivity or objectivity of the research should be considered. Fair consideration should be the ultimate concern of this research (Novikov & Novikov 2013, p.25).
• Information reliability must be ensured for the participants.

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Depression and Mood Swing

Depression is an influencing state that can be dominated by the sad mood. It generally affects both the expression as well as recognition of emotions. On the other hand, Mood swing is the rapid as well as extreme change in mood, which can play a crucial part in order to promote problem solving as well as in making flexible forward planning (Bunt & Hoskyns 2013, p.27). Mood can play an important role in the lifestyles of people. When an individual is happy, then he or she starts concentrating on the positive as well as good things by ignoring all bad things or circumstances taking place around them. On the other side, while people are sad, then they are unable to think of any positive thing. Therefore, if the mood swing of someone is too strong to be disruptive then he or she may be the major part of a bipolar disorder.

Music can play a significant role as the potential mood introducer in human’s life. It can also be stated that music is such an area of life that is very familiar to most of the people. Therefore, as opined by MacDonald, Wilson & Miell  (2012, p.250), people generally make the judgments in their everyday lives regarding music that they hear as well as are aware of their influencing responses towards music that people generally listen to. According to the viewpoint of Gutgsell et al. (2013, p.830), as stimuli, music is safe, easy as well as economical for using. Music is very powerful at individual level as it has the capability of inducing several responses such as, behavioral, mood, cognitive, emotional and physiological responses. Music has the potential therapeutic effects that can be accomplished through active music making or listening. According to Loewy et al. (2013, p.910), music is the reason of promoting relaxation, alleviating pain and anxiety, promoting proper behavior in vulnerable groups and enhancing the life quality of the people who are beyond the medical help.

Methodology

Music can act as the medicine for a listener if he or she is suffering from the problem of mood swing. On the other side, not only the listener but a singer or a musician or an individual who loves to sing or play music can also get rid of the problem of his or her rapid mood swing (McDermott et al. 2013, p.788). All the components of music such as form, expression, pitch, melody, rhythm, harmony, chords, texture, timbre as well as lyrics can effectively create a positive psychological effect on human psychology. In other sense, it can also be a therapy or an interpersonal process with the help of which individuals can improvise or maintain their health by overcoming their problems of rapid swing (Thaut & Hoemberg 2014, p.30). Music always plays an effective role in order to motivate the music lovers in lives so that they can be able to overcome all the negative situations. Individuals can externally express their emotions by making musical structures and sounds.

Conclusion

After implementing the entire proposal, it can easily be stated that this research would be effectively able to depict the influence of the music improvisation in regards to deal with the mood swings of all people. This research would simply be capable of implementing the psychological aspects of the music improvisation for those who take the help of music to overcome the negative vibes of mood swings.

References

Brown, J. & Stowers, E. (2013). Use of Data in Collections Work: An Exploratory Survey. Collection Management, 38(2), pp.143-162.

Bunt, L. & Hoskyns, S., (2013). The handbook of music therapy. Routledge.

Bunt, L. & Stige, B., (2014). Music therapy: An art beyond words. Routledge.

Chandra, S. & Sharma, M. (2013). Research methodology. Oxford: Alpha Science International Ltd.

Gutgsell, K.J., Schluchter, M., Margevicius, S., DeGolia, P.A., McLaughlin, B., Harris, M., Mecklenburg, J. & Wiencek, C., (2013). Music therapy reduces pain in palliative care patients: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 45(5), pp.822-831.

Loewy, J., Stewart, K., Dassler, A.M., Telsey, A. & Homel, P., (2013). The effects of music therapy on vital signs, feeding, and sleep in premature infants. Pediatrics, 131(5), pp.902-918.

MacDonald, R., Wilson, G. & Miell, D., (2012). Improvisation as a creative process within contemporary music. Musical Imaginations: Multidisciplinary perspectives on creativity, performance and perception, pp.242-255.

McDermott, O., Crellin, N., Ridder, H.M. & Orrell, M., (2013). Music therapy in dementia: a narrative synthesis systematic review. International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 28(8), pp.781-794.

Novikov, A. & Novikov, D. (2013). Research methodology. Leiden, Netherlands: CRC Press/Balkema.

Thaut, M.H. & Hoemberg, V. eds., (2014). Handbook of neurologic music therapy. Oxford University Press (UK).