Beyond Happiness and Sadness: Affective Associations of Lyrics with Modality and Dynamics

A study is reported investigating the relationship between modality (major/minor) and dynamics (piano/forte) on four affects – as evident in the content of musical lyrics. Forty solo vocal works were sampled: 10 in the major mode with a loud (forte) dynamic level, 10 in the major mode with a quiet (...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Laura Tiemann, David Huron
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Ohio State University Libraries 2012-07-01
Series:Empirical Musicology Review
Subjects:
sad
Online Access:https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/handle/1811/52809