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Two Studies on Assessing Emotional Responses to Music and Mode: The Effect of Lowered Pitch on Sadness Judgments, and the Affective Priming Paradigm as an Implicit Measure

Yim, Gary K
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1397812280

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2014, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Music.
Music may convey or elicit emotional responses in listeners. After reviewing some of the theories and mechanisms concerning music and emotion, two experiments are presented. In the first experiment, participants rated the sadness of melodies that were constructed using artificial scales. It was found that melodies based on scales with lowered pitches were perceived as sadder than melodies based on scales with raised pitches. A modest explanation for the sadness of the minor mode is then proposed: in comparison to the normative major mode, the minor mode may be perceived as lower than normal. In the second experiment, an affective priming paradigm for music was designed. Specifically, participants categorized words as positive or negative while listening to chord progressions, scoring points for fast and accurate responses. It was found that, on average, positive words were categorized more quickly during the major chord progressions, while negative words were categorized more quickly during the minor chord progressions. However, these differences in reaction time were not statistically significant, and could not be used to predict the progressions that were heard.
David Huron (Advisor)
99 p.
Music; Psychology
music; emotion; subjective ratings; implicit measures; minor mode; sadness; affective priming

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  • Yim, G. K. (2014). Two Studies on Assessing Emotional Responses to Music and Mode: The Effect of Lowered Pitch on Sadness Judgments, and the Affective Priming Paradigm as an Implicit Measure [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1397812280

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Yim, Gary. Two Studies on Assessing Emotional Responses to Music and Mode: The Effect of Lowered Pitch on Sadness Judgments, and the Affective Priming Paradigm as an Implicit Measure . 2014. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1397812280.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Yim, Gary. "Two Studies on Assessing Emotional Responses to Music and Mode: The Effect of Lowered Pitch on Sadness Judgments, and the Affective Priming Paradigm as an Implicit Measure ." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1397812280

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