My partner and I will conduct our undergraduate thesis on the efficacy of certain music genres in improving sleep quality. The results garnered from these would be used as a guide as we compose original musical pieces aimed specifically for shortened sleep latency and improved sleep quality. We have found several studies that use Western classical and pop music, but none have specified which musical piece (i.e., title and composer/performer) in particular was used; they were just mentioned as the genre as a whole.
(Most of what is on the billboard these days would be ideal for making you both bored stiff and sleepy.)
Are you trying to narrow it down? Why search for a name, in stead of the compositional elements that make you sleep? For instance, is it the case that slow music makes you sleepy, that string music is better than other forms of instrument etc etc. Do the effect of sudden stops, such as you would find in a percussion piece, have any significance?
Thank you very much for your input. My partner and I have researched on the characteristics of soporific music based on scientific studies, and we would like to know the typical musical pieces (not just the broad genre) used in such studies as a guide for us as we conduct our own.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrLk4vdY28Q
Halleluja is a populair song, and seems to me easy to sleep on. Just look to the musical charateristics why the music might be good for sleeping.
Thank you very much for your inputs and recommendations! بلعربي عبد القادر Abdelkader Belarbi Esther Kooistra Michael Henrik Wynn
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