Full title: Musical emotions: psycho-physiological investigations

Key takeaways

Tempo

I haven’t touched on tempo in my previous research, only mentioning its implementation in the form of “BPM control” in my initial plan.

In relation to the physiological indexes, we found that the heart rate level was positively correlated with arousel, … This result is consistent with Krumhansl’s (1997), who has shown that increased heart rate levels related to fear and happy excerpts rather than to sad ones.

Tempo plays a big part in the listener’s physiological experience. When the user selects the project’s BPM, there should be an associated mood listed next to each option, for example:

• 60 - Calm
• 70 - Gentle
• 80 - Mild groove
• 90 - Balanced
• 100 - Moderate energy
• 110 - Controlled energy
• 120 - Neutral high energy
• 130 - Energetic
• 140 - Very energetic
• 150 - Intense
• 160 - Extreme energy
• 170 - Hyperactive
• 180 - Peak energy