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http://dx.doi.org/10.15207/JKCS.2017.8.9.265

Harmonic Compositions and Progressions for Tonal Characteristics Based on Emotion Vocabulary  

Yi, Soo Yon (Graduate School of Professional Therapy, Gachon University)
Chong, Hyun Ju (Department of Music Therapy, Graduate School, Ewha Womans University)
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Journal of the Korea Convergence Society / v.8, no.9, 2017 , pp. 265-270 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study purposed to investigate harmonic compositions and progressions that are appropriate for emotion vocabulary. In study 1, eight(8) professional music therapists were asked to provide harmonic compositions and progressions reflecting the tonal characteristics of emotion vocabulary and the rationales. Various attributes of harmonic compositions and progressions were examined and the content analysis were administered. In study 2, the obtained data on study 1 were evaluated by 124 music therapy and music majors for the validity. In the first study, analyzed results showed that 'happy' vocabulary utilized major, tonic, consecutive chord changes, 'angry' vocabulary utilized minor, augmented, $9^{th}$, $11^{th}$, unsolved $7^{th}$ chord progression, 'sad' vocabulary utilized minor, diminish, chromatic chord progressions. In the second study, there was statistically significant difference with 'happy' vocabulary. These results can provide basic evidences for musical ideas of harmonic compositions and progressions to better communicate emotional aspects of lyrical messages when composing melody in a song.
Keywords
Emotion vocabulary; Tonal characteristics; Harmonic compositions; Harmonic progressions; Emotional expression; Song composition;
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