Name : Rifai Akhmad Commented [U1]:

ID : 116060058

Class : 3B

The Influence of Playing Relaxation Music in learning Process to Stimulate

Student Concentration

CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
The Understanding of music in general is a sound that is arranged in such a way that it
contains rhythms, songs and harmony, especially from the sounds produced from tools that can
produce rhythms. Music according to KBBI (Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia) is the science or art
of composing tones or sounds in a sequence, combination, and temporal relationship to produce a
composition (sound) that has unity and continuity. Music is a result of sound art in the form of
songs or musical compositions that express the thoughts and feelings of the creator through
musical elements, namely rhythm, melody, harmony, form and structure of songs and expression
as a whole. (Jamalus, 1988). Nowadays, as time goes on, various types of music have been born
including blues, jazz, classics, pop, rock music and relaxation music. now we can listen to music
through digital devices such as smartphones, mp3 players and laptops, even we can listen to music
through an application such as joox or I tunes.

Aside from being a means of entertainment, music also has several benefits such as
expressing themselves, expressing emotions, welcoming guests, accompanying dancers and
accompaniment performances. In the world of music education it is useful in the teaching and
learning process in school. Music is used to create love for the homeland for students through
struggle songs. Not only that, folk songs can also be used for students' educational media in
fostering tolerance towards differences in ethnicity, religion and race. In education, music can also
be used as a means of developing student talents, forming good personalities for each individual,
to facilitate students in stimulating concentration in the learning process, soothe the soul, as a
means of communication and improve intelligence. Hasyim, 2004 found in his research according
to the leadership of International Brain Academy (IBA) said that playing classical music can help
balance the left and right brain, children who play music or who listen to music will be more
intellectually and emotionally smarter.

A number of studies have shown that music has a significant effect on concentration,
health, memory, creativity and thinking, even students who are played classical music a few hours
before IQ tests result in increasing IQ scores of these students compared to if they are not heard of
classical music (Campbell , 2002). Therefore many research results suggest that when learning is
accompanied by background music such as relaxation music. Playing music relaxation in the
learning process can change the learning environment to be fun so that students are enthusiastic to
learn. Music can trigger a big link between the fields in the brain that are responsible for emotions
and memories. Using music as a tool to maximize human potential is a very meaningful effort.
Music is able to motivate and encourage participation in activities that will help achieve goals in
social, language and motor functions. By using media music illustration in schools it is expected
to be able to improve students 'poetry writing skills and be able to change the atmosphere of
students' learning environment to be fun (Wulandini IF, 2011).

Therefore this study is very interesting because playing relaxation music can make the
classroom atmosphere pleasant, then students can take part in the ongoing learning process
comfortably which affects the concentration of students who increase during the learning process.

Research Questions :

1. What is the use of playing relaxation music in learning process affected to students
concentration ?

2. How the implementation of playing relaxation music in learning Process to stimulate student
concentration?

Objectives of study

1. To know the the use of playing relaxation music in learning process affected to stimulate
students concentration.

2. To know the implementation of Playing Relaxation Music in learning Process to Stimulate

Student Concentration.
Significant of the study

In Practically, this research is expected to benefit all the readers through presented of this paper
because Playing Relaxation Music in learning Process is one ways to increasing students
concentration

In Theoritically, this research is expected to provide scientific contributions to readers, because

Playing Relaxation Music in learning Process is expected to be one of effectively ways to
increasing students concentration

Key word : relaxation music, learning process and concentration