The function of timbre in the perception of affective intentions: Effect of enculturation in different musical traditions

IF 2.2 3区 心理学 0 MUSIC
Lena Heng, Stephen McAdams
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Abstract

Timbre has been identified as a potential component in the communication of affect in music. Although its function as a carrier of perceptually useful information about sound source mechanics has been established, less is understood about whether and how it functions as a carrier of information for communicating affect in music. To investigate these issues, listeners trained in Chinese and Western musical traditions were presented with Phrases, Measures, and Notes of recorded excerpts interpreted with a variety of affective intentions by performers on instruments from the two cultures. Results showed greater accuracy and more extreme responses in Chinese musician listeners and lowest accuracy in nonmusicians suggesting that musical training plays a role in listeners’ decoding of affective intention. Responses were more differentiated and more accurate with more musical information. Excerpts were also analyzed to determine acoustic features that are correlated with timbre characteristics. Temporal, spectral, and spectrotemporal attributes were consistently used in judging affective intent in music, suggesting purposeful use of these properties by listeners. Comparison between listeners’ use of acoustic features reveals a greater number of shared features between Western musicians and nonmusicians compared to Chinese musicians for valence, although the three groups shared more features for arousal. How timbre is utilized in musical communication appears to be different across musical traditions, and valence responses seem to be more culture-specific and arousal responses more similar across cultures.
音色在情感意向感知中的作用:不同音乐传统文化的影响
音色被认为是音乐中情感交流的潜在组成部分。虽然音色作为声源力学感知有用信息的载体的功能已被证实,但人们对音色是否以及如何作为音乐情感交流的信息载体却知之甚少。为了研究这些问题,我们向接受过中西音乐传统训练的听者展示了由两种文化乐器演奏者以各种情感意图诠释的录音选段的乐句、乐段和音符。结果显示,中国音乐家听者的反应更准确、更极端,而非音乐家听者的反应准确性最低,这表明音乐训练在听者的情感意向解码中发挥了作用。音乐信息越多,回答越有区别,也越准确。我们还分析了选段,以确定与音色特征相关的声学特征。在判断音乐中的情感意图时,时态、频谱和频谱时态属性被一致使用,这表明听众有目的地使用了这些属性。通过比较听众对声学特征的使用,可以发现在情绪方面,西方音乐家和非音乐家与中国音乐家之间有更多的共同特征,但在唤醒方面,三组听众有更多的共同特征。在不同的音乐传统中,音色在音乐交流中的使用方式似乎有所不同,情绪反应似乎更具有文化特异性,而唤醒反应在不同文化中更为相似。
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Musicae Scientiae
Musicae Scientiae Multiple-
CiteScore
4.50
自引率
8.30%
发文量
21
期刊介绍: MUSICAE SCIENTIAE is the trilingual journal, official organ of ESCOM, published with the financial support of the Belgian Science Policy.
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