Music creates an emotional atmosphere

Factors associated with emotion in music:

• Musical pleasure: The positive feelings are beneficial to health and creative thinking.
• Musical surprise: E.g. unexpected harmonies, or entry of a solo voice.
• Appraisal: Evaluating music give rise to emotions such as pleasure or displeasure.
• Action tendency: Music encourages the desire to coordinate with the music (dancing, foot-tapping).
• Being in sync with the rhythm.
• Memory: We listen to music that we associate with fond memories.
• Emotional contagion: Music evokes emotions at a social level, such as concerts.
• Imagination: What is perceived in the music.