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The Sound of Emotion
Petri ToiviainenAnemone G. W. Van ZijlGeoff LuckOlivier Lartillotsubject
Articulation (music)Extraversion and introversionPhraseDynamics (music)Exploratory researchPsychologyTimbreSocial psychologyMusicCognitive psychologyFocus (linguistics)Vibratodescription
What is the effect of performers’ experienced emotions on the auditory characteristics of their performances? By asking performers to play a music phrase in response to three different instructions we attempted to answer this question. Performers were instructed to do the following: 1) play while focusing on the technical aspects of their playing; 2) give an expressive performance; and 3) focus on their experienced emotions, prior to which they were subjected to a sadness-inducing mood induction task. Performers were interviewed after each playing condition. We analyzed the tempo, articulation, dynamics, timbre, and vibrato of the performances obtained as well as the interview data. A focus on technique resulted in technically appropriate performances, a focus on expressivity in more extraverted and externally projected performances, and a focus on experienced emotions in more introverted and personal performances. The findings of this exploratory study are valuable for both research and artistic practice and pedagogy.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-09-01 | Music Perception |