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How Many Emotions Can Music Make You Feel?
Music is a universal language
- Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” make people feel energized.
- The Clash’s “Rock the Casbah” pump people up.
- Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together” evoke sensuality.
- Israel (Iz) Kamakawiwoʻole’s “Somewhere over the Rainbow” elicits joy.
- Heavy metal is widely viewed as defiant.
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Music triggers feelings
The subjective experience of music can be mapped within at least 13 overarching feelings: amusement, joy, eroticism, beauty, relaxation, sadness, dreaminess, triumph, anxiety, scariness, annoyance, defiance, and feeling pumped up.
Research findings on music can have potential applications:
- informing psychological and psychiatric therapies to produce certain feelings.
- helping music streaming services adjust their algorithms to satisfy their customers' audio needs.
Perceptions across cultures
In a study, people from different cultures mostly agreed on general emotional characterizations of musical sounds, such as anger, joy, or annoyance. They agreed that a song is angry but differ on whether the feeling is positive or negative.
Music is a universal language
- Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” make people feel energized.
- The Clash’s “Rock the Casbah” pump people up.
- Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together” evoke sensuality.
- Israel (Iz) Kamakawiwoʻole’s “Somewhere over the Rainbow” elicits joy.
- Heavy metal is widely viewed as defiant.
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Gaining peace of mind
In a society that promotes gratitude and positivity, there is pressure to suppress or conceal negative feelings.
But psychological studies reveal that acceptance of your negative feelings promotes emotional resilience, with fewer symptoms of depression and anxiety.
The magic of acceptance
Acceptance of negative emotions involves not trying to change how we feel but taking them for what they are.
Acceptance works because it blunts the emotional reactions to stressful events. In time, it can lead to positive psychological health.
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