Chapter 1 Introduction

A. Background of the Study

Music has general benefits that people gain just by listening to music. Now that benefit where music can give you is through your work out or exercise. The researcher found out that listening can be a good distraction while working out. It also ups your effort wherein exercising with with music can a good chemistry between them because it keeps you "in the zone".

Gretchen Reynolds of nytimes.com wrote an article entitled "Music make you exercise harder". In this article he said that when you exercise and listen to music at the same time, you get to exercise more and more. he also stated that music really responds to us when we exercise wherein music can really help us a lot.

Reynolds said that "The interplay exercise and music is fascinating and not fully understood". (http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/phys-ed-does-music-make-you-exercise-harder/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0) Music became very useful through the use of working out wherein it can really help you lose a lot of weight and make you work out harder.

Essence of music to people. One thing that makes people move a lot nowadays is music because following the beat of the music, you can actually get the feeling of dancing with it. Once you get a good beat that's the time you'll have that feeling of dancing. The researcher found out that without music there wouldn't be dancing or enjoyment because it seems like music is life and joy at times wherein if you're bored, you can just enjoy the essence of the music.

Mark Guarino of suntimes.com wrote an article entitled "Music could take a dance floor". In this article he said that without music dancing would be nothing at all  because first of all how would you dance without the beat of the music. He also said that as long as you're not hurting anybody and abiding the law, it's all good. Meaning to say you just keep enjoying the essence of music through dancing as long as you don't violate the law or the rules.

Mark Guarino said, "He could take a dance floor; hands in the air, you felt you were at a revival, touching God at 8 o'clock in the morning". (http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/music/26578177-421/house-music-pioneer-frankie-knuckles-could-take-a-dance-floor-and-take-it-to-the.html) The main reason why people enjoy music because of the good beat of some music no matter if it's a slow or a fast one as long as you can dance with it.

Music is everywhere to people. They can get a benefit on music through the sources like radios, televisions, shops, on the streets and even restaurants. So you can say that music is everywhere, now with music everywhere, the researcher found out that listening to those musics can change people moods. Most of the time it can actually cheer you up if ever you are down. That is an actual benefit to us people, without it we could be nothing.

Ross Harrison wrote and article entitled "Why do people listen to music". In this article he said that the use of music can be used almost anywhere wherein it can also change the moods of the people at the same time. He also said that music can help you more with your studies wherein it can help you sink in more knowledge to your mind.

Harrison said "Everybody feels stress in their lives, and everybody wants to be free of it" (http://mbaenglishonline.com/why-do-people-listen-to-music/). Music is really a benefit to people because it helps them to not feel stressed with their moods. Instead of just staying on your bad mood if ever you're in a walk or something, it can get rid off your actual bad mood.

However, music has multiple genres. Different people listen to different genres of music. Wherein music can be created in different ways by using repetition, contrast or variation. The researcher discovered that without these things, you can't come up with a genre of music because one is that repetition creates a sense of unity while contrast provides variety. It says that it keeps a certain element while altering other music.

Espie Estrella of about.com wrote an article entitled "Different types of Music". In this article she said that a genre of music can't be made without the important things needed in it which are the repetition and variation. She also said that you have to learn how to differentiate one type of music to another.

Estrella said "If we listen to music from various stylistics periods, we ca hear how differently composers used certain elements and techniques in their composition". (http://musiced.about.com/od/glossaryofterms/tp/Music-Styles.htm) The main reason why people have to know this is that for them to be aware of how genres are supposed to be made how they are being made through the use of music.

The researcher observes that different genres of music provides listeners with with different benefits, and these genres affect the listeners personality in different ways. There are so many types of music out there, which are rap, pop, country,  indie, hardcore and many more. Now these types or genres actually has some affects on people without them knowing.

Miriam S. of teenik.com wrote an article entitled "How music affects people". In this article it says that different genres of music has effect on people wherein it could be positive or a negative one. She also said that thee effects only depends on the genre they are listening to because all people have different tastes in music. Now that effect is only depending on the music genre they listen to.

Miriam S. said that "Different people have different taste, and various types of music have many ways of leaving an impact on someone". (http://www.teenink.com/reviews/music_reviews/article/123483/How-Music-Affects-Teens/) The key to this is to just be careful on what you're listening to because you'll never know what would be the effect of music or type of genre to you.

The information in this paper is important because people must know what could be the effect of music to them. They should know about the pros and cons of music to their lives or else they'll never know the effect could be affecting them already. This information should talked about and shared to other people for them to be aware about the effects of music to them.

The purpose of this paper is to explain how the different genres of music affect listeners. Wherein it could be a negative or a positive one effect. People should be aware of this for them to know what genre should they listen to or not.

B. Statement of the Problem
This study aims to answer this question:
1. What are the possible effects of listening to different genres of music?

C. Significance of the Study
Teenagers. Knowing this study would help them think more if they still want to listen to music or not.

Kids. They can easily be influenced with the genres of music.

D. Scopes and Limitation
This study focuses on why music can be an effect on people wherein people can somehow change through the us of music. Music has been something that people enjoy ever since because most of them enjoy music a lot. Some doesn't but only a few of them. This study will only focus on the possible effects of music to people. Due to my research, the reference that will be presented are from reliable sources that are valid and reasonable.

E. Materials and Methods
This research employs a defined study method wherein most of the people wants to know more about music; meaning to say the effect on the peoples lives. gathered information to the study were from reliable sources wherein the readers are mostly form teenagers in order to know why people change for some reason when they listen to music.

F. Definition of Terms
Genre. A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized in form of style or subject matter.

Repetition. The action of repeating something that has already been said or written.

Contrast. The state of being strikingly different from something else.

Teenagers. A person aged from 13 to 19 years old.