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Evaluation of the Effects of Music Therapy Using Todi Raga of Hindustani Classical Music on Blood Pressure, Pulse Rate and Respiratory Rate of Healthy Elderly Men Volume 64, Issue 1, 2020 Journal of Scientific Research Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. Evaluation of the Effects of Music Therapy Using Todi Raga of Hindustani Classical Music on Blood Pressure, Pulse Rate and Respiratory Rate of Healthy Elderly Men Samarpita Chatterjee (Mukherjee) 1, and Roan Mukherjee2* 1 Department of Hindustani Classical Music (Vocal), Sangit-Bhavana, Visva-Bharati (A Central University), Santiniketan, Birbhum-731235,West Bengal, India 2 Department of Human Physiology, Hazaribag College of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Demotand, Hazaribag 825301, Jharkhand, India. [email protected] Abstract Several studies have indicated that music therapy may affect I. INTRODUCTION cardiovascular health; in particular, it may bring positive changes Music may be regarded as the projection of ideas as well as in blood pressure levels and heart rate, thereby improving the emotions through significant sounds produced by an instrument, overall quality of life. Hence, to regulate blood pressure, music voices, or both by taking into consideration different elements of therapy may be regarded as a significant complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). The respiratory rate, if maintained melody, rhythm, and harmony. Music plays an important role in within the normal range, may promote good cardiac health. The everyone’s life. Music has the power to make one experience aim of the present study was to evaluate the changes in blood harmony, emotional ecstasy, spiritual uplifting, positive pressure, pulse rate and respiratory rate in healthy and disease-free behavioral changes, and absolute tranquility. The annoyance in males (age 50-60 years), at the completion of 30 days of music life may increase in lack of melody and harmony. Music is therapy intervention. Eighty healthy males were divided randomly known to have healing power. Music may be effective to combat into the experimental and the control group. Subjects of the pain (Cepeda et al., 2006), anxiety (Madhusudhan et al., 2018; experimental group were exposed to music therapy (a twenty- Ghasemi et al., 2017; Jhon and Upendra, 2016), coronary artery minute instrumental session of Raga Todi of Hindustani Classical disease (Hanser and Mandel, 2005), mental illness (Li et al., Music), whereas the control group was not exposed to the raga and were only kept quite at rest for the same period of time, during the 2015), stress (Möckel et al., 1994 ), and several other forms of period of intervention. Before and after the intervention, blood health ailments (Sarkar and Utpal, 2015). One of the major risk pressure, pulse rate, and respiratory rate of the subjects were factors for cardiovascular diseases and cerebrovascular diseases measured. It was found that the values of blood pressure, pulse rate is hypertension.These diseases increase the morbidity and and respiratory rate showed significant (p < 0.001) decrement in mortality rates among adults. Increased blood pressure levels healthy/ asymptomatic subjects exposed to music therapy. In the seen at childhood may extend into adult life as hypertension control group, the parameters under study did not vary (McGill et al., 2001), which eventually leads to the damage of significantly between the initial and afterward measurements (p > blood vessels of the body. Hypertension is externally 0.05). Thus it may be concluded that raga Todi of Hindustani asymptomatic and causes damage to certain internal organs of Classical Music has the potential to bring down the blood pressure levels and thereby may restrict the development of cardiovascular the body. Therefore, it has been referred to as a ‘Silent Killer’ by disorders. the World Health Organization (WHO, 1992). In India, the Keywords: Blood Pressure, Heart Rate, Hindustani Classical incidence of hypertension has been found to be more among Music, Raga Todi, Respiratory Rate urban adults in comparison to rural adults. The estimated number of hypertensive Indians will reach two hundred million DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.37398/JSR.2020.640123 159 Journal of Scientific Research, Volume 64, Issue 1, 2020 by 2025 (Bhalwar, 2009). Evidence gathered many studies displacement or distortion (immovable: Achalit Swars), and the suggest that music may bring positive changes in the blood notes Rishabha (ri), Gandhara (ga), Madhyama (ma), Dhaivata pressure levels (do Amaral et al., 2016), and thus may lower the (dha), and Nishada (ni) may be either Suddha (movable : Vikrut/ incidence of other diseases which are associated with Chalit), Komal or Teevra. Altogether, there are 12 notes hypertension. It should be noted that music may be of different (Chaitanya, 1973). Thaat is the format of a sequence of selected types, viz., Western, Indian and others. There exists scope for Swaras with variation in Suddha, Komal and Teevra Swaras exploring the impact of different Indian ragas of Hindustani (Sobhana, 1989). Classical music on blood pressure, especially in healthy Raga is an array of Swaras that inputs suitable rasa / aesthetic individuals, so that ragas can be used more efficiently in music emotion/ mood in a song/ music. A raga has the ability to induce intervention programs targeting the prevention of cardiovascular or magnify the feeling of excitement, joy / rejoice, peace, love, disease. compassion, peace, courage , sorrow, and mental / emotional The American Society of Hypertension in their study have calmness (Karuna et al., 2013). This makes raga appropriate for noted that the blood pressure measured at regular intervals, as music therapy. A particular raga has a definite number of Komal the individual move around, carrying out his/ her normal daily or Teevra Swaras, based on which the Thaat can be easily routine, that is, the 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure (ABP), recognized (Sobhana, 1989). Positive physical / physiological / significantly reduced in mild hypertension patients listening psychological changes have been found to be induced by Indian classical raga for half an hour per day, for four weeks positive emotions (Tugade et al., 2004), which can be elicited by (Sherry, 2008). raga therapy. From time to time, continuously, the blood pressure targets B. Present Concept of Hypertension in Adults have been redefined (Pradhan and Vishwakarma, 2017), to help in the early detection of subjects at risk of developing Conventionally, systolic blood pressure (SBP) > 140 and hypertension and to speed up the treatment strategies, which diastolic blood pressure (DBP) > 90 mm Hg is widely accepted could be either drug-based for hypertensive patients, and non- as hypertension (Sadiq et al., 2017). In the year 2018, guidelines pharmacological therapies and techniques for subjects who are framed by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) / European not hypertensive but are at the risk of developing hypertension in Society of Hypertension (ESH), defined hypertension using the future. same values of SBP and DBP (Williams et al., 2018). Subjects The conventional non-pharmacological strategies to lower having systemic arterial blood pressure more than it is generally blood pressure include lifestyle modifications such as reduction exposed to the treatment. of body weight, dietary changes, restriction in the intake of salts, Treated blood pressure must be about 130/ 80 mm Hg if the lowering of stress levels, and participation in exercises / physical patient is able to tolerate drug treatment. In the guidelines (2017) activity. In recent times, the use of complementary and provided by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and alternative medicine (CAM) to reduce blood pressure has gained American Heart Association (AHA), SBP > 130 and DBP > 80 importance. The CAMs include meditation, yoga, and music mm Hg was known as hypertension. Generally, health care therapy (Mcelroy et al., 2012). professionals recommended that all subjects should maintain their blood pressure below 140/ 90 mm Hg. However, the A. Musicological Analysis of Indian Music Therapy European, as well as American guidelines, suggest that blood In Sama Veda and other ancient music therapy-related Indian pressure should be maintained at < 130/ 80 mm Hg. music literature, it has been mentioned that ragas such as Todi, Subjects of any age may become hypertensives. However, Bhupali, Ahir Bhairava, Puriya, Hindol, Bhimpalas, and Kausi with age, the prevalence of hypertension has been seen to rise. Kanada are effective in lowering blood pressure (Kunikullaya et Hypertension is mainly of two types- Primary hypertension al., 2016). (essential hypertension) and Secondary hypertension. Primary In Indian context, a subject may be said to be exposed to music hypertension is most common and is found in the majority (90 - therapy when sound (nada), note (Swara), melody (raga), music 95 %) of hypertensive patients . It has no single identifiable interval (Shruti), beat (tala), rhythm (laya) are rightfully and causes ; its causes are unknown and are multifactorial in nature. systematically intonated, clinging to the aesthetic emotion/ mood Genetics, sedentary lifestyle, high intake of salts, alcohol intake, (rasa) and format / mode (Thaat) (Sharma, 2007). It may be smoking, stress, insulin resistance, aging, and obesity have a role mentioned that there are seven notes Sa, Re, Ga, Ma, Pa, Dha, in its development. Secondary hypertension is a less prevalent and Ni of Swara. The individual notes may be of decreased pitch type, affecting 5-10 % of hypertensives. It may occur due to or higher pitch. If the note is
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