“Joyful” and “sad” music is not so universal

The news comes from a team of scientists at Western Sydney University. Scholars have the music in two types: pleased And sad All thanks to the history of the dominant music culture characterized by global influences. There is usually a link between progression and positive feelings, on the other hand between sad and minor emotions. This relationship, which in itself is considered biological, seems to be a complete mystery.

If so, the music would be a ‘universal experience However, some studies related to
certain remote communities not exposed to Western music have had mixed results. Researchers
in this latest study, they found music recordings with note cadences in Papua New Guinea
major and minor.

A survey was conducted of 170 adults who were paid to listen to music of different tones. They had to listen to two music samples and then tell if one of them made them happy. The population provides a unique opportunity to test whether the difference in hue leads to a shared emotional experience.

The researchers experimented with the same study in Australia in a soundproofed room with 79 volunteers,
regular listeners of western music The results reported emotional responses progressively closer to
Western music versus universal music. It is therefore not apparent from the reported data that the response of
shared happiness is hidden in human biology.

Certain musical traditions have an association with emotional language and this should still be the case
to explain. Culture evolves, and music will do the same. Perhaps in time, thanks to its evolutions, it will give us a valid answer.