Comparing effects of sad melody versus sad lyrics on mood

IF 1.6 3区心理学 0 MUSIC

Psychology of Music Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI:10.1177/03057356231189680

Nathan Pond, David Leavens

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Abstract

While researchers have consistently found that music can evoke discrete emotions in people cross-culturally, there is little consensus regarding the mechanisms underpinning this effect. The present study aimed to gain further insight into how music influences emotions, investigating whether the lyrics or the melody of a sad piece of non-classical music had a greater influence on mood. The researchers presented a sample of 251 participants with isolated melody, isolated lyrics, and the original version of a sad pop-ballad in turn, measuring the influence of each on mood using the Brief Mood Introspection Scale (BMIS). A one-way repeated measures ANOVA revealed that all versions of the song significantly reduced mood scores from baseline, with the isolated lyrics and original version of the song reducing mood to a greater magnitude than the melody. The results suggested that both the lyrics and melody of the music influenced mood, though the lyrics appeared to do so to a greater extent. Furthermore, a thematic analysis of open-response questions provided preliminary evidence that the semantic content of lyrics was more influential on mood than the vocal expression of lyrics. Future research should aim to replicate these findings, using both positively and negatively emotionally valenced musical stimuli.

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悲伤旋律与悲伤歌词对情绪影响的比较

尽管研究人员一直发现，音乐可以在跨文化人群中唤起离散的情绪，但对于这种影响的机制，人们几乎没有达成共识。本研究旨在进一步了解音乐如何影响情绪，调查非古典音乐悲伤片段的歌词或旋律是否对情绪有更大的影响。研究人员向251名参与者提供了一个样本，依次是孤立的旋律、孤立的歌词和悲伤的流行民谣的原始版本，并使用简短的情绪反思量表（BMIS）测量了每种情绪对情绪的影响。单向重复测量方差分析显示，歌曲的所有版本都比基线显著降低了情绪得分，孤立的歌词和歌曲的原始版本将情绪降低到比旋律更大的程度。结果表明，音乐的歌词和旋律都会影响情绪，尽管歌词似乎在更大程度上影响情绪。此外，对开放回答问题的主题分析提供了初步证据，表明歌词的语义内容比歌词的声乐表达对情绪的影响更大。未来的研究应该旨在复制这些发现，使用积极和消极的情绪化音乐刺激。

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Psychology of Music Multiple-

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期刊介绍： Psychology of Music and SEMPRE provide an international forum for researchers working in the fields of psychology of music and music education, to encourage the exchange of ideas and to disseminate research findings. Psychology of Music publishes peer-reviewed papers directed at increasing the scientific understanding of any psychological aspect of music. These include studies on listening, performing, creating, memorising, analysing, describing, learning, and teaching, as well as applied social, developmental, attitudinal and therapeutic studies. Special emphasis is placed on studies carried out in naturalistic settings, especially those which address the interface between music psychology and music education.