Visualizing the emotional power of music
Tuesday, February 23, 2016 - 19:00
in Psychology & Sociology
Musical styles and genres differ around the world, but the emotional power of music is universally felt. To understand this evocative force, researchers in many fields investigate music's underlying structure, examining features such as tone, timbre, and auditory and rhythmic features. Now a team of scientists has developed a new approach to analyzing musical structure. The new method overcomes many of the limits of previous tools.