Many researchers have noted inconsistencies between descriptions and effects of nominally sad music. The current study addresses whether traditional music-related sadness can be broken down into more than one category. Melancholic and grieving musical passages were collected in three stages. Participants with superior aural skills rated 18 structural parameters of these musical passages on 7-point unipolar scales. The results are consistent with the idea that musical parameters differ in melancholic and grieving states and that what has been previously defined as sad music may, in fact, be conflating more than one emotional state.

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重新定义悲伤的音乐：音乐的结构暗示了至少两种悲伤的状态

许多研究人员已经注意到名义上悲伤的音乐的描述和效果之间存在不一致。目前的研究探讨了传统音乐相关的悲伤是否可以分解为不止一个类别。忧郁和悲伤的音乐段落分三个阶段收集。具有卓越听觉技能的参与者在 7 点单极量表上对这些音乐段落的 18 个结构参数进行了评分。结果与音乐参数在忧郁和悲伤状态下不同的观点一致，并且之前定义为悲伤的音乐实际上可能会混淆不止一种情绪状态。