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Area of Science:

  • Interdisciplinary studies
  • Music psychology
  • Computational musicology

Background:

  • The connection between music and emotion is studied across diverse fields like musicology, psychology, and computer science.
  • A lack of interdisciplinary connection limits a comprehensive understanding of music's emotional impact.
  • This research addresses the gap by integrating methodologies from different scientific domains.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the relationship between linguistic, symbolic, and acoustic features and the perception of emotion in music.
  • To explore how a data-driven, multi-modal approach can reveal emotions conveyed by musical pieces.
  • To foster dialogue between psychology, musicology, and computer science for a holistic view of musical emotions.

Main Methods:

  • Feature selection from over 300 Bach chorales.
  • A listening experiment involving statistical analysis.
  • Unsupervised machine learning applied to lyrical, symbolic, and acoustic data.
  • A transdisciplinary methodology integrating psychology, musicology, and computer science.

Main Results:

  • Identified key linguistic, symbolic, and acoustic features correlating with perceived emotions in Bach chorales.
  • Demonstrated the efficacy of a multi-modal, data-driven approach in analyzing music-emotion relationships.
  • Provided empirical evidence for the interdisciplinary connections between music features and emotional perception.

Conclusions:

  • The study successfully integrated diverse methodologies to analyze music and emotion.
  • Findings support a holistic understanding of emotions in music by linking objective features to subjective perception.
  • This research provides a foundation for future interdisciplinary investigations into music cognition and emotion.