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Rebecca Orduna

Monica Rodriguez

ENGL 1302

7 February 2022

A Musical Morning

Introduction

Music is all around us. Many people listen to music to calm themselves, help them focus

on homework, and even to work out. It is proven that music does indeed help with all these

activities, but does listening to a certain genre of music in the morning affect someone's mood?

Furthermore, does this effect on their mood provide motivation for the day, or does it unmotivate

its listeners?

Explain the Experiment

A four day research experiment was performed to prove whether or not music affects someone's

mood throughout the day. This study was conducted from Sunday through Wednesday during a

couple of heavy days of work and college. This experiment was based on listening to two

different genres of music in the morning. In this study, pop music was listened to on Sunday and

Tuesday while getting ready in the morning, while Monday and Wednesday sad music was being

listened to. Some important factors to keep in mind were waking up at 7:30AM, attending

classes from 8:30AM to 12:00PM, and going to work from 12:30PM to 6PM everyday except

Sunday.

Effects on Mood

The results found by performing this experiment support the idea that music does have an effect

on someone's mood. On Sunday and Tuesday the participant was in an excellent mood
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throughout the day. However, on Monday and Wednesday the effects were different. The

participant had time throughout the day where they felt down and could not focus on tasks

presented.