Study Concerning the Influence of Some Sound Objects upon Emotions
Study Concerning the Influence of Some Sound Objects upon Emotions

Summary/Abstract: Throughout all humankind history, music has been a major component of creating emotional states and of modulating feelings and even physiology. The study analyses the emotional aspects of various key components of sound objects (as defined by Bernard Seve), seeking a deeper understanding of the sound emotional fingerprint. This is achieved with analysis of data collected from a representative echelon of listeners, exposed to several type of sound objects, with very similar musical characteristics. The musical samples were analysed using sound analysis tool and delivered to the subjects, for personalized audition, in a pre-established order. The matrix data collected from the subjects were correlated with the musical element of each the piece, and represented in a field, prone to indicate the emotional potential of some combinations of musical characteristics. This approach contributes to a better understanding of how one can predict the emotional trigger of one sound object or musical fragment.

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