Speed as a determiner of musical mood.
- 1 November 1940
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Experimental Psychology
- Vol. 27 (5) , 566-571
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0058652
Abstract
"Five short musical phrases, three happy in mood and two sad, were played, each at six different metronome speeds, to 88 observers. The general principle that fast tempo tends to make music happy while slow tempo has the opposite effect, was abundantly illustrated in the data." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)Keywords
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