THERMODYNAMICS AND ENERGY TRANSFER IN MEDICINE APPLICATIONS WITH ARCHAEOMUSICOLOGY AND MUSIC THERAPY

Abstract

Music is defined in the Turkish Language Association dictionary as "the art of expressing certain feelings and thoughts with harmonious sounds within a certain set of rules." In other words, music is an artistic form in which sound and silence are expressed within a specific time interval.

Music is a universal phenomenon; this was true for civilizations that lived in the past as well as in the present. For these people, living kilometers apart and speaking different languages, music was extremely important. We can explain this situation with the following example; Mousiki means the language spoken by the fairies in Greek. In Islamic philosophy, it was used for years as the divine language, the language of angels. [9]

Music is considered one of the most indispensable elements of human life, existing alongside humankind. Early humans, unable to settle down, were primarily hunter-gatherers. We can say that vocal communication, beginning with the imitation of sounds in nature, later progressed, supporting a development from the human voice to primitive musical instruments. [1-7]

In ancient times, it could be said that music served as an expression of individual emotions in all ancient societies, was used in religious ceremonies, or was considered an important form of entertainment. However, when considering the details of music's other functions in our daily lives, it becomes clear that, in addition to common characteristics, each society possessed a musical culture that developed in parallel with its own unique sociological, psychological, cultural, economic, and other characteristics. [1-7]

Music archaeology is an interdisciplinary field of study that combines musicology and archaeology. Because it involves the study of music from various cultures, it is often considered a subfield of ethnomusicology.

According to music archaeologist Adje Both, "In its broadest sense, music archaeology is the study of the phenomenon of musical behaviors and sounds in the past." Music archaeologists often combine methods from musicology and archaeology. A theoretical and methodological foundation has not yet been established, and it remains one of the main areas of interest for the international research community. [1-7]

Research objectives in this field include the examination of artifacts related to the reconstruction of ancient music, such as sound-producing devices, representations of musical scenes, and textual evidence. Archaeological analysis and documentation of such artifacts can improve the understanding of an instrument's use, including dating, identification, and analysis of its origins and cultural context, and sometimes enable the reconstruction of functional copies. Textual study may include the examination of early musical notations and literary sources. This field has also expanded to include neurophysiological, biological, and psychological research examining the preconditions for music production in humans. [1-7]

Musicology is traditionally divided into three branches: music history, systematic musicology, and ethnomusicology. Historical musicologists study the history of musical traditions, the origins of works, and the biographies of composers. Ethnomusicologists draw on anthropology (especially field research) to understand how and why people make music. Systematic musicology includes music theory, aesthetics, pedagogy, music acoustics, the science and technology of musical instruments, and the musical influences of physiology, psychology, sociology, philosophy, and cognition. Cognitive musicology is the set of phenomena surrounding the cognitive modeling of music. When musicologists conduct research using computers, their research often falls within the field of computational musicology. Music therapy is a specific form of applied musicology, sometimes considered more closely related to health fields, and sometimes as a part of musicology. [1-7]

In Turkish Music, the interval between two tones can be divid­ed into nine intervals and coma tones can be created, “Turkish Music Makams” and coma tones are integrated to form a rich musical branch with productive content and emotional “Har­mony Structure”. The relevant “Turkish Music Usûls” also contribute to this purpose as a component. In addition, “Turk­ish Folk Music” also increases the musical harmonic richness in question due to the variety of “Local Attitude” it contains and its maqam structure. Music “Rhythms” – “Tempo” emerg­es as an important element of this accumulation. With all these features, this wide range of musical accumulation formed from an artistic perspective can also create many positive effects on human health and can also be beneficial for treatment process­es. The application area that reveals these positive effects of music on human health can be called “Medical Music”, Mu­sic Medicine”, “Music Therapy”, “Treatment with Music” and “Musicotherapy”. [18]

The living nature is extremely compatible with music and con­tains psychological and physiological harmony. There is also a great numerical similarity between the human pulse rate and the beats of musical rhythms, and this is evidence supporting the psychological and physiological harmony in question. [18]

In general, it is possible to say that playing an instrument will contribute to personality development and intelligence devel­opment. In addition, the universal nature of music and its uni­fying and integrative structure also provide tangible positive contributions to human and living life. [18]

The activation and release of hormones triggered by music also contribute to the treatment and help recovery. When the Mu­sicotherapy mentioned in this article is evaluated scientifically on the basis of Neuroengineering and Neuroscience; it is based on the principle that the vibration frequencies created by musi­cal tones spread in the form of energy waves and strengthen the signal transmission in neurons to the extent that they can also be described as the firing of neurons, and that hormone tivities occur more effectively, thus positively affecting organs, including the brain. This interaction that occurs with the event in question is also compatible with ELMAS’s Thermodynamic Theory (“ELMAS’s Theory of Thermodynamics”: A Scientific Approach for the 5th Law of Thermodynamics -A Theoretical Application Example for Medical Thermodynamics), which is a scientific approach for the 5th Law of Thermodynamics, and it leads to the conclusion that energy and mass are vectorial quantities, and therefore energy and mass transfers will also occur vectorially. Thanks to the vectorial energy and matter transfers expressed here, drug-cell interaction can occur and ultimately the effectiveness process of drug treatment can be formed. Therefore, the highlighted “Thermodynamic The­ory of ELMAS” forms the basis of Medical Thermodynamics. [18], [21]

Musical modes have their own sequence. A connection can also be established between cell DNA and RNA sequence structures and modal sequences. It is also possible that the vibration fre­quencies created by musical tones match with DNA and RNA sequence frequencies and a resonance situation occurs. The resonance phenomenon expressed here can also support the treatment process of viral diseases. In addition, see­ing doctors and healthcare professionals performing live music with their instruments by patients in intensive care units and patient wards creates morale and motivation, provides psycho­logical support, thus accelerating the medical recovery process and positively affecting it. [18], [21]