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3.4
Tone Properties and Their
Emotional Effects
3.4.1
Tones In Music: Emotional Valence
To close out this chapter on tones and overtones in music, a word or two on the emotional effects of tone properties.
Chapter 9 goes into considerable detail about music and emotional arousal. However, every chapter from this one through Chapter 10 discusses the emotional effects of some element or elements of music (including lyrics). Emotions have a couple of properties:
1. Emotional Valence
Valence just refers to kinds of emotions, such as anger, sadness, or joy, and whether they’re positive or negative. (Emotions aren’t neutral.)
- Some positive emotions: adoration, tenderness, amusement, glee, delight, bliss, gratitude, serenity
- Some negative emotions: depression, despair, anxiety, panic, abhorrence, bitterness, embarrassment, guilt