A study of the relationship between listening to different genres of music and students' behaviours in Faculty of Music / Rianna Esmeralda David, Vallerrie Niong and Elezer Ezra Jopot

Music has always been one of the tools that can influence people's lives in everyday life. The effect of music not only has influenced others lives but also to students' lives, music helps the brain function in student's work performances such as helps release stress, boost energy and performances. There are various effects of music on people, either negatively or positively, students in conservatory of music college uitm are more likely to face common issues such as anxiety and stress during their studies. In fact, listening to music somehow helped the students in their mood and behaviour because these are closely related. This research is executed to analyze the music genre that has affected the students' mood and behaviour while listening to certain genres. As music students there are a lot of different characters with different personalities in the faculty. Listening to music will trigger different types of emotion and the effect is to change their behaviour. The objectives of this study are to investigate what genres of music that students are listening to and to investigate the relationship between listening to different genres of music and students' behaviours. This research will use a qualitative method when collecting data through google form questionnaires. The results of this study will summarize which types of genre that has helped the students in improving their mood and behaviour. The importance of this study will help us to know which types of genres have a larger impact on undergraduate students' behaviour in the faculty of music UITM.