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Music and emotion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

I. Carneiro Silva ,
A. Gouveia ,
G. Dalagna ,
J.M. Oliveira ,
P. Carvalho ,
R. Costa  and
J. Gama
I. Carneiro Silva*
Affiliation:
Faculdade De Ciências Da Saúde, Universidade da Beira Interior / UBI, Covilhã, Portugal
A. Gouveia
Affiliation:
Faculdade De Ciências Da Saúde, Universidade da Beira Interior / UBI, Covilhã, Portugal
G. Dalagna
Affiliation:
Departamento De Comunicação E Arte Da Universidade De Aveiro, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
J.M. Oliveira
Affiliation:
Faculdade De Ciências Da Saúde, Universidade da Beira Interior / UBI, Covilhã, Portugal
P. Carvalho
Affiliation:
Faculdade De Ciências Sociais E Humanas, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal
R. Costa
Affiliation:
Departamento De Comunicação E Arte Da Universidade De Aveiro, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
J. Gama
Affiliation:
Cma - Centro De Matemática E Aplicações Da Ubi, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Music has been said to be emotion’s language. Research confirms a link between music structure and triggered emotions.

Objectives

To assess the relationship between selected music excerpts and the emotions trigged, in order that the former will be used in future research.

Methods

An anonymous study was performed in April 2019 on 65 subjects of both sexes, aged 19- 33 (mean=21,09; SD=3,05).Subjects listened 4 excerpts of music, believed to be related either to excitement or to calmness, and answered to a questionary on emotion’s triggered by each exposure.

Results

Regarding to the music excerpts that were believed to induce excitement 80% of the subjects mentioned exciting emotions, 78% enjoyed the music while 78% didn’t knew them. For the ones that were believed to induce calmness 69% of the subjects mentioned calm emotions, 84% enjoyed the music and 62% didn’t knew the music. In an excerpt of music related to calmness, we observed association between knowing the music and the emotion trigged (p=0,027). The triggered emotion responses were independent of liking the music (P>0,05).

Conclusions

In our study, independent of liking the music, the participants reported to have perceived the expected emotions triggered by musical excerpts, showing this to be a phenomenon related to music structure. Calmness perception may be also influenced by previous knowledge of the music and related experiences. The role of individual perceptions will be looked for in following studies.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

Musictriggeredemotionlanguage
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European Psychiatry , Volume 64 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2021 , pp. S671 - S672
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