THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT TURKISH SONG COMPOSITIONS ON THE SYMPATHIC AND IMMUNOBIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS

Objective: Turkey is a rich country in musical heritage. Studies on the use of music for therapeutic purposes are increasing day by day. The Greek philosophers were convinced that music benefited health and specific recommendations were formulated for using music therapeutically against mental and physical illness. To evaluate the effects of different classical Turkish music styles (Saba, Muhayyer Kurdi, Hijaz, Ussak) on these parameters. Therefore we planned this research to accomplish all of these aims. Material and Method: Venous blood samples were collected before and after music listening and serum levels of serotonin, adrenalin, immunoglobulin A and cortisol were measured. Sixtyone healthy volunteers listened five different kinds of music (popular, rock, arabesque, European classical, classical Turkish music). Results: To compare the same parameters in each volunteer before and after music listening, the Wilcoxon signed-ranks were performed as appropriate. For tests of significance, a p-value of <0.05 was considered to be statistically significant. All parameters were normally distributed. Conclusion: Our Statistical analysis results showed that cortisol level of the people listening Saba style decreased, Immunoglobulin A level decreased for the people who listened popular music and increased for the group listening Nihavent style and adrenaline level increased significantly in all groups except for the people listening Ussak style of music.