Juslin music and emotion

1. How does music appeal to emotions?
2. Is emotion expressed in modern music?
3. Which emotions can be induced by music?
4. What feelings or emotions evoke music?

How does music appeal to emotions?

Music has the ability to evoke powerful emotional responses such as chills and thrills in listeners. Positive emotions dominate musical experiences. Pleasurable music may lead to the release of neurotransmitters associated with reward, such as dopamine. Listening to music is an easy way to alter mood or relieve stress.

Is emotion expressed in modern music?

The structural features of music not only help convey an emotional message to the listener, but also may create emotion in the listener. These emotions can be completely new feelings or may be an extension of previous emotional events.

Which emotions can be induced by music?

Scherer (2004) describes specific music-induced feelings as aesthetic emotions and gives examples of this category: being moved, wonder, admiration, bliss, ecstasy, fascination, harmony, rapture, solemnity.

What feelings or emotions evoke music?

The subjective experience of music across cultures 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.