Blog #2-Darling: Music&Emotions

I have been really looing for information that would prove or say that music did not have an effect on people emotions. In the article Interpretations and Effect of Music on Consumers' Emotion really confirm the fact that music does have an effect on people in motion, that is because of many reasons it could be because music has been seen as a language of emotions. Furthermore music could be connected to people memories or events they have experience they feel that specific song or type of music reminds them of it. Something different about this article that I did not think about was the fact that the interpretations that people have on music the article mention that in the study done “Out of 102 total participants, 72.5% of those individuals had incorrect interpretations of the song”. People do not actually pay attention to what the song is really saying or what the artist was trying to say people interpreted the song wrong. I really though that was very interesting I did not really think that could happen.

Another article that I read was Music and emotion: The effects of lyrics and familiarity on emotional responses to music.   It talk about the fact that music does have an effect on people emotions and film makers and artist that want there product to sell use that to there advantages. This article also talk about the fact that music is used as away to express what people are feeling in the moment especially if people write music. Something very interesting this article was the fact that apparently sad music changes the way people feel and the way their body reacts. For example sad music causes changes in heart rate, blood pressure, skin conductance, and temperature. Happy music changes the way people respiration. While fearful music cause largest change in blood transit ,and amplitude. I really though this was very interesting because when I think about emotions I think about how people feel not really think about the way the body reacts to does emotions. This really help me think about that when I think about emotions I also got to think about the way the body language that people have not just what they feel. I personally really think that emotions is connected to body language it is another the emotions are expressed. Now I got to look at articles that talk more in detailed the effect music have on emotions including body language of does emotions.     

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article Interpretations and Effect of Music on Consumers' Emotion

Music and emotion: The effects of lyrics and familiarity on emotional responses to music.