Starting from the Sleep Song Experiment (60 bpm), the results were very similar to how I had expected. On average, their heart rate before the experiment was 79 bpm. My song was able to reduce it into around 67 bpm which is remarkably close to my sleep song's tempo. I can conclude that the subjects felt more than just a subtle effect because of the yawns, relaxation, sleepiness, calmness, as well as the desire and ease of sleep that the subjects experienced while listening to my song. In fact, 1 out of 6 subjects actually fell asleep in the middle of the experiment.

 

The Relax/Stress Relief Song Experiment showed positive results as well. The data presented that my song showed the ability to decrease the subjects' heart rate from roughly 82 bpm to 73 bpm. Exactly like my hypothesis, the heart rate was lowered but it didn't synchronise precisely with the song's tempo. Unlike the sleep song, I would say that this song did give a very subtle effect to the subjects. They did feel relaxed, peaceful, calm, and relieved. Unfortunately, one of them didn't feel much of a difference compared to how they felt before listening to my song.

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Lastly, the Exercise Song Experiment results. The song was able to increase the subjects' heart rate from about 87 bpm to about 122 bpm. This is the only experiment where the subjects' heart rate exceeded the song's tempo. I would say that this is because the cause of growth in the subjects' heart rate was not only because of my song, but also because they were exercising. Unlike the other two experiments, where the subjects were only laying down and not doing anything other than listening to my song. The song also made them feel energised, consistent, motivated, and "not in rush".

 

In conclusion, my hypothesis was almost entirely correct. I was correct when I stated that the subjects’ heart rate would not be able to synchronise perfectly with the music’s tempo, even though my songs still have the power to decrease/increase the listener's heart rate. I can see roughly an 18 bpm difference between the subjects' heart rate before and after the experiment, and none of the heart rate after results are exactly the song's tempo. As stated above, nearly all of the subjects felt more than a subtle effect of the songs’ function, along with the feeling of ease in doing the certain actions.

 

Taking everything into consideration, my songs don't have the ability to synchronise the listeners' heart rate with the song's tempo. Nonetheless, the songs have the ability to lower or increase the listeners heart rate and give the listeners ease in doing the certain actions, which are sleeping, exercising, and relaxing or stress relieving. I believe these results can justify how music can help people improve their lifestyle in this unfamiliar situation caused by the pandemic. So, yes, these songs can lower students' heart rate and help them adapt in this new learning and living method to achieve a good lifestyle.