BCS 260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Peter Kivy, Susanne Langer, Leonard B. Meyer
18 Dec 2016
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Felt emotion- emotion that a piece makes us feel (aka emotional induction) Perceived emotion- emotion we perceive in a piece (aka emotional recognition) M3 = joy; m3 = sad ascending m6 = longing for pleasure m6 = anguish inconsistent: m3 is not necessarily sad because lots of minor intervals in major scale. Doesnt hold up that well: suzanne langer music represents undi erentiated emotions wholistic view of musical emotions music conveys patterns of motion/rest, tension/release, sudden change, etc. Represent changing emotional states: leonard meyer emotion in music is connected to expectation. Controlled arousal valence: montreal validated auditory tests montreal battery for evaluation of amusia- group created emotion tests emotion on ah by trained actors improvised emotion on instruments. Types of emotions: basic emotions cope with survival universal distinct facial expressions happiness, sadness, anger, fear, disgust & surprise, secondary emotions socially constructed, culturally dependent jealousy, love, betrayal, circumplex model of emotion.
