An analysis of the moderating influence of different musical melodic forms on students' emotional perception

Abstract

This study investigated the effects of different musical melodic patterns on college students' emotion perception. Quantitative mood measures and comparative methods were used to analyze the role of the influence of musical melodic morphology on emotion perception. The study found that concordant polyphonic melodies had a significant positive effect on emotion perception, especially in terms of enhancing emotional potency and arousal, whereas dissonant polyphonic melodies tended to elicit negative emotional responses. The possible effects of students' musical backgrounds and personal musical preferences on emotion perception were also examined in the study, and the results showed that their effects on emotion were not significant. The present study emphasizes the important role of musical melodic patterns in modulating emotion perception and provides some reference to the field of music psychology.