The preliminary study on the effect of nasyid music and rock music on brainwave signal using EEG

This preliminary study analyzes the effect of nasyid music and rock music on brainwave signal particularly focusing on alpha wave. EEG data were recorded from 30 students from Faculty of Electrical Engineering, UiTM age 18 to 27 years old. Students were interviewed before EEG recording to find out their music preference. Using EEG, the brainwave signal of the sample is captured twice, once before listening to the music and while listening to the music. Consequently, the brainwave´s signal is analyzed and the comparison between these two music genres is discussed. The results demonstrate that 60-80% of the samples show improvement in the alpha band after listening to nasyid while only 56-66% improves after listening to rock music. These findings indicate that the alpha power increases when listening to the nasyid music compare to the rock music. Consequently, nasyid music in particular can result in a more relaxing condition compared to the rock music.