Can someone please explain the scientific basis for this kind of study?
Surely by now it is widely accepted that correlations between music and
mood and emotion are culturally biased and socially acquired?
Does the study below control for cultural bias?
Please explain why an otherwise reputable institution (QMUL) is wasting
resources by engaging in this kind of pseudoscience.
Thanks,
Ross
On 19/02/2013 10:43 PM, mathieu barthet wrote:
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2nd Call for Participation
Apologies for potential cross-postings
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Dear all,
We are conducting an experiment to determine the moods or emotions expressed by
music. The tracks used in the experiment come from various production music
catalogues and are typically used in film, television, radio and other media.
This work is done in collaboration with the BBC and I Like Music as part of the TSB
project Making Musical Mood Metadata (TS/J002283/1).
The experiment consists of rating music track excerpts along six scales
characterising the emotions they express or suggest. These scales are Arousal
(or Activity), Valence (or Pleasantness), Tension, Dominance (or Power), Love
(or Romance), and Fun (or Humor).
The link to the survey can be found below:
http://musiclab.cc.jyu.fi/login.html
The experiment will run until Saturday 23rd February 2013.
Please note that your will have to rate the emotions *expressed or suggested*
by the music (perceived emotions) and not the emotions elicited or induced by
the music (felt emotions).
The annotations can be done at your own pace, on any computer with a web
access, using headphones or good quality speakers. Please rate at least 50
excerpts, if possible. If you have the time, thanks for completing the
experiment with all 205 excerpts. (The experiment requires approximatively one
hour for ~60-100 excerpts.)
In order to participate, you will first have to register and fill in a brief
form. Your participation doesn't tie you to anything else. It is fine if you
register but choose not to participate. You can do the experiment in several
steps by logging in at different times. Don't hesitate to take breaks after a
certain amount of ratings.
If you have questions, comments or other enquiries, please contact Pasi Saari
(email: pasi.sa...@jyu.fi).
Please forward this call to interested parties.
Many thanks for your participation,
Pasi Saari, Mathieu Barthet, George Fazekas.
Mathieu Barthet
Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Centre for Digital Music (Room 109)
School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science
Queen Mary University of London
Mile End Road, London E1 4NS
Tel: +44 (0)20 7882 7986 - Fax: +44 (0)20 7882 7997
E-mail: mathieu.bart...@eecs.qmul.ac.uk
http://www.elec.qmul.ac.uk/digitalmusic/
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