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PRELIMINARY
A. Background Of Problem
Gloomy Sunday is a sad song with the composition of jazz music sung by a
legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday, The popular song of the 1940s kept a mystery
musician Rezso Seress entitled Vege A Vilagnak which means "the world is ending",
the song tells of the sadness and destruction of the events of World War II.
context entitled Szomoru Vasarnap which means "Gloomy Sunday" Which in the
distribution of songs with lyrics belonging to Laszlo Javor became more popular
than Vege A Vilagnak, But in the Lazlo Javor version of the song Szomoru Vasarnap
is about a person's suicidal desire for failure in a relationship romance. The song
Szomoru Vasarnap first used the title Gloomy Sunday and was sung by English in
1936 by Hal Kemp, with lyrics written by Sam M, Lewis (Liputan6.com, 2012: 01).
In the same year, Gloomy Sunday was again sung by Paul Robeson using
Desmon Carter's lyrics, but in 1941 Gloomy Sunday became popular in an English-
speaking country after Billie Holliday sang it with the lyrics of Sam M, Lewis, wich
is Feeling frustrated and suicidal. In 1930-1940 it was reported that at least 100
cases of suicide occurred in Hungary and the United States caused by the song
arranged into instrumental music without lyrics, suicide cases still occur and then
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British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) boycotted this song with the excuse of
"dropping the spirit". The boycott is valid for 66 years since 1936-2002 and in
2002 the BBC lifted its boycott (Liputan6.com, 2012: 02). In january 1968 about 30
years after Rezso Seress created the song Vege A Vilagnak he committed suicide by
jumping from his apartment building the day after celebrating his 69th birthday
felt burdened by the many cases of suicide that occurred because caused by the
work he created.
Based on the issue of the suicidal curse attached to the song Gloomy Sunday,
it becomes the basis for researchers to examine further what are the factors
causing someone to commit suicide after listening to Gloomy Sunday song even
though the lyrics have been replaced in different languages and even sung without
using lyrics, Gloomy Sunday became an interesting object for researchers because
the song has the highest record of other suicide tracks with a record of 100 suicide
cases that have occurred. Another reason to continue the interest in research on
the song Gloomy Sunday is the ancient belief that music sounds not only contains
the secrets of universality in mathematical accuracy but also the precision of the
B. Identification Of Problem
of the object and observation, so that all problems can be identified. Based on the
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Gloomy Sunday sung by Billie Holiday caused a lot of suicidal reactions, although
Gloomy Sunday's song has been arranged into an instrumental music form
Brain Waves Humans are the main material to be examined because the suicide
case caused by Gloomy Sunday Song has an effect on human beings. Researchers
assume that the frequency of sound produced from the Gloomy Sunday song is a
causative factor in stimulating human brain waves that cause stress and provide
between the frequency of sound on Gloomy Sunday song with human brain waves.
The association is that Gloomy Sunday's song still causes suicide although the
lyrics of Gloomy Sunday have been changed into instrumental music, so it can be
found that there are two variables that can be used as indicators of the sound
variable (Y).
C. Limits Of Research
Because of the wide scope of this research, the authors limit the resrach to:
1. This research only uses Gloomy Sunday song popularized by legendary jazz
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D. Formulation Of The Problem
What factors cause Gloomy sunday song can stimulate human brain waves
E. Research Purposes
1. General Purpose :
Gloomy Sunday song as a factor that can affect the human mind and resulted in an
2. Special Purpose :
Reveals how much influence the sound frequency on Gloomy Sunday song in
Collaborate between the theories obtained in order to harmonize with the facts
F. Benefits Of Research
1. Academic Benefits
Giving science related to the frequency of sound produced from music can
neuroscience.
This research focuses on the effect of sound frequency that has been
arranged in one form of music and can affect certain brain waves in humans, so it is
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expected that the music composers can contribute well through his work so as to
prevent the occurrence of negative impacts such as what has happened to the song
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BAB II
BASIS THEORY, LITERATURE REVIEW, AND HYPOTHESIS OBJECTIVES
A. Description Of Theory
model of interconnected personalities and raises tension with one another. The
basic conflict of the three personality systems creates individual psychic energy.
This basic energy becomes the need for individual instincts that demand
satisfaction. The three systems are id, ego, and superego (Suryabrata, 1998: 142).
gratification, Ego obeys the principle of reality and delaying gratification until it
can be achieved in the way society accepts, and the superego (conscience) has a
1998: 143) that the ego has to deal with conflicts between the Id (containing the
sexual instinct and aggressive that always asks to be channeled) and the Super Ego
(which contains the prohibitions that obstruct those instincts), the Ego still has to
The theory of psychoanalysis Carl Gustav Jung says (Alwisol, 2009: 21) The
ego does not confront the conflict between Id and Super Ego, but must manage the
impulses that come from the collective unconscious (which contains instincts
derived from the past Then) and a personal unconscious containing personal
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experiences that are muffled in the unconscious. Unlike Freud, Jung does not base
acknowledges the existence of Id, Ego, and SuperEgo, he thinks the most important
is not sex instincts and neither the conflict between Id and Super Ego. For Erikson
man is a rational creature whose mind, and his behavior is controlled by the Ego, so
the Ego is active, not passive as in Freud's theory, and the main ingredient of
personality for Erikson is that human behavior is more influenced by social factors
researchers in dissecting the problem of human brain waves that reflect the state
the most important scalpels in this rsearch, because the way brain wave
waves by using the frequency of sound, and human behavior is the result of
consideration between id, ego and superego, and Music becomes the medium in
The theory of cognitive psychology can be said to begin from the Gestalt
psychology. Gestalt argues that in perceiving the environment, humans are not just
relying on what is received from their senses, but the inputs of the senses are
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organized, interconnected and organized for meaning and then manifested as the
ego and superego that occurs in the model of human personality, that in perceiving
the environment, humans not only rely on themselves based on what is received by
the five senses, but the input of the sensing Arranged, interconnected and
Stimulation of human brainwaves works based on what is received through the five
senses both the sense of sight and the sense of hearing. This research will dissect
the effect of Gloomy sunday song on human brain waves through the sense of
hearing aspect.
3. Brainwave Entrainment
Hans Berger found that human brain waves not only show the condition of human
mind and body, but can also be stimulated to human mental state by conditioning
the brain to produce certain brain waves and it is possible to produce various
Joaqium Fillipe says in the book Reprogram Your Mind (Silva, 1995: 38) that
human generated brain waves range from 0-60 Hz frequency, the human brain
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generally generates five types of brainwaves simultaneously namely Gamma, Beta,
Theta, Alpha and Delta , But there is always a dominant brain wave type and
indicates the activity of the brain at that time, brainwaves will change according to
what the person does. Gamma is a brain wave at a frequency of 25-60Hz that
occurs when a person experiences a very high mental activity, such as being in the
and Gamma is a condition in full awareness. Beta is a wave above 12Hz or from
12Hz-25Hz, Beta is a brain wave when humans perform daily activities or interact
with other humans, beta reflects concentration and alertness. Alpha is a wave
whose frequency is lower than the beta of 8-12 Hz. Alpha is a brain wave
associated with relaxed and relaxed state of mind. Theta is deep relaxation,
subconscious mind and often appears when humans dream. Delta is the lowest and
lowest frequency wave in the frequency range 0-4 Hz and is the frequency of the
unconscious mind, Delta is often used for healing and is produced during deep
sleep. At the time of deep sleep, the brain only generates Delta waves so we can
Based on the invention and the theory of Brainwave Entrainment above, the
researchers will use the theory to Gloomy Sunday song sung by Billie Holiday.
production in the human brain after hearing the song Gloomy Sunday, so the theory
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human brainwave instrument EEG (ElectroEnchphaloGraph) can help in answering
4. Brain Mapping
comprehensive data on brain waves and provides precise analysis of raw data
supplied by EEG. QEEG works like EEG, but the data obtained from QEEG can be
the form of diagrams, or in the form of pictures showing activity on the cortex.
brain known as brain waves. QEEG provides very complex analytical data about
brain waves with special characteristics either symmetrically, the stages of change,
relationships with one another, the area of brain waves generated, power and brain
B. Literature Review
has been widely circulated in the world, such as Music Therapy (2006) and Music
frequency, amplitude of sound and human brain waves are also discussed in this
book And various psychological theories blessed with the influence of music on
humans became the main subject. Djohan's book of music psychology explains how
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music can be a medium in performing treatment in humans with music therapy
Therapy book can be used as a guide in analyzing the problem of suicide caused by
Gloomy Sunday song, although the object of study in Djohan's book of music
psychology is for therapy, but it can help in analyzing at Things that can trigger a
person to do things that are negative because of the stimulation of brain waves
Berger, based on history And information from the Brainwave Entrainment book,
the researchers felt that the suicide case caused by the Gloomy Sunday song could
be examined from the point of view of brainwave stimulation through the music
media, the frequency of sound produced from the song Gloomy Sunday is a
This researcher based on research that has been done for years by experts
Brainwave Entrainment which states that brain waves not only indicate the state of
mind and body of a person but also can be stimulated to change a person's mental
state by conditioning the brain to produce certain types of brain waves so that
Allows to produce a variety of mental and emotional states (Frederic P.Miller, 2010:
57).
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Some of the above books are references and guides for researchers in
studying issues related to the effect of sound frequency on Gloomy Sunday song to
human brain waves, so that the authenticity of this research can be scientifically
accounted for.
C. Research Hypothesis
Based on the description of the theory and literature review above, the
researcher tries to formulate the hypothesis to be tested the truth, whether the
results will accept or reject, the hypothesis will be tested through the process of
hypothesis testing after the research data obtained. The hypothesis of this research
is as follows:
Mental persuasion and human behavior are completely under the control of
stimulated brain waves through the medium of sound frequency and the
circumstances.
The suicidal suggestion of the Gloomy Sunday song is only influential when
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BAB III
RESEARCH PROCEDURE
A. Research Methodology
stimulation resulting from Gloomy Sunday song on human brain waves, so this
(EEG) to determine the dominant brain waves after hearing the song Gloomy
Sunday.
frequencies captured differently by the right ear and human left ear and will
condition human brain waves and stimulate human brain waves in certain
conditions. For example, if the sound waves at the 510Hz frequency are played on
the left ear and the 500Hz frequency in the right ear, the brain responds by
generating 10Hz frequencies because the brain reduces or decreases the different
B. Research Variable
activities that have a certain variation and has been determined to be investigated
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and concluded. Quantitative research variables, consisting of several kinds based
research, the variable is the object of research or something that becomes the point
of attention to a study.
The research variables should refer to the expected conditions and expected
1. Independent Variable
The independent variable is the variable that influences the cause of the
2. Dependent Variable
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objects or subjects that have certain qualities and characteristics set by researchers
The population in this study will choose the object of research randomly
based on the quality and certain characteristics. The randomly selected population
is based on the period of human ages from 14-25 years and has not had the
concept of gloomy sunday song that can lead to suicide. The reason researchers
experience, as for the reasons of choosing populations based on those that do not
have the concept of gloomy sunday song is to obtain objective research results
Andi Supangat (2007: 22) said that the sample is part of the population to
be used as research material, with the hope that samples taken from the
population can be representative of the population. The sample used in this study
was chosen by gender. The researcher will select samples from men and women
based on the age period because the sample is considered capable of representing
the nature of the population in this study, so that the results of this research can be
generalized to a wider population. The type of sample used in this research is the
total sample or saturated sample, as stated by Sugiono (2010: 61) that saturated
The research samples that can be used to determine the number of research
samples can use several formulas. In principle, the use of research sampling
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formulas is used to facilitate technical research, if the research population area is
too broad then the use of formula is intended to minimize the number of samples.
Sugiono stated (2010: 63) the easiest way to determine the sample size of research
is to use the Krejcie table. Using the Krejcie table the researcher does not need to
based on a fault tolerance of 0.05 or 5% and 95% confidence in the population. The
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In this research the researchers used Slovin formula for sampling (Sugiono,
N
n= Or n = N/(1 + N(e)2)
1+ N(e)2
information:
N = Number Of Sample
N = Total Population
To use the formula above, the researcher determines the level of belief at
95%, that is sure that 95% of result of research of sample is correct, or level of
significance error 0,05 (there will only 5% error) hence amount of sample
Based on the Slovin formula in determining the sample size with the level of
significance or fault tolerance is 0.05 then the sample size in this research
amounted to 26 people. If the population and sample in this study are classified
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Table 1. Population and Sample
D. Research Site
sources and ways. Data can be collected at natural settings in the laboratory by
experimental method. Data collection can use primary and secondary sources.
Primary sources are data sources that directly provide data to data collectors, and
secondary sources are sources that do not directly provide data to data collectors
placed on the human head using 10-20 montage system so that the EEG will
The raw data obtained from the brainwave analyzer will be processed again
through several processes and used by researchers in concluding the results of the
research.
F. Research Instruments
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Research that aims to measure a symptom will use a research instrument.
The research instrument is used as a data gathering tool to produce valid data.
reliability. A valid instrument is that the instrument can be used to measure what it
This study has two variables, namely the sound frequency on Gloomy
Sunday song and brain wave, so the researcher will use two types of instrument of
G. Research Procedure
the research. The research procedure will be arranged is, the researcher will set
the intensity of research that is the daily schedule for 1-2 weeks and the duration
of the study. The research will be conducted daily in turns based on the population
and samples table that have been made. The duration of the research will be 60
minutes for 1 sample by giving a lag time of 5 minutes after listening to Gloomy
Sunday.
H. Test Instruments
According Sugiyono (2011: 39), valid shows the accuracy between the
actual data occurs on objects with data that can be collected by researchers. Valid
data means data that is not different between data reported by the researcher with
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Instruments used to measure variables in natural sciences are widely
available and have been tested for their validity and reliability, variables in natural
sciences such as heat, the instruments are Calorimeters, and their instrument
temperature variables are thermometers. These instruments are easy to obtain and
have been tested for their validity and reliability so there is no need to test the
waves both in the field of medicine and in the field of brainwave therapy so that
researchers do not need to test the validity and reliability of test instruments.
Herzt (Hz) units, so Spectrum analyzer has been tested for its validity and
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For research with quantitative approach, then analysis of this research data
with regard to the calculation to answer the formulation of the problem and testing
the hypothesis proposed. The proposed form of hypothesis will determine the
basis so that it can collect evidence in the form of data in determining the decision
to reject or accept the truth of the statement or assumptions that have been made.
1. Mental persuasion and human behavior are completely under the control of
2. Gloomy Sunday has a pure effect on human behavior and mentality through
brainwave stimulated through the medium of sound and human brain wave
3. The suicidal suggestion of the Gloomy Sunday song is only influential when
Decision Making in the Hypothesis test is faced with two possible errors:
Type 1 Error
Errors made when rejecting a Hypothesis that is essentially true. This Type I
error probability is usually called Alpha Risk. Alpha Risk is denoted by the symbol
Type 2 Error
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Errors made when accepting a Hypothesis that is essentially False. The
Probability of Type II Errors is usually called Beta Risk. Beta Risk is denoted by the
symbol .
is:
and Always contain the statement "equal to" or "No effect" or "No difference"
Week I: Preparation.
K. Writing System
BAB I INTRODUCTION
A. Background
B. Problem Identification
C. Limitations of Research
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D. Problem Formulation
E. Research Objectives
F. Research Benefits
A. Theory Description
B. Literature Review
C. Research Hypothesis
A. Research Methodology
B. Research Variables
D. Research Sites
F. Research Instruments
G. Research Procedures
H. Instrument Test
K. Writing Systematics
BAB V CLOSING
A. Conclusion
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B. Suggestions
II. Final
A. Bibliography
B. Discography
C. Webstography
D. List of informants
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Webstografi
http://showbiz.liputan6.com/read/2213956/kutukan-bunuh-diri-di-balik-lagu-
gloomy-sunday-billie-holiday
http://www.terapimusik.com/terapi_gelombang_otak.htm
http://www.beringaz.com/2015/04/sejarah-gloomy-sunday-lagu-kematian-yang-
menyedihkan.html
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