Analysis Help Needed: Music Moods

[Night Shine 767]

Hey, everypony! :3

 

I am trying to develop a chart or system to classify music, similar to the Genre system but based in definite emotions which any given piece of music inspires. Please note that this isn't made to classify a piece of music itself based on emotions it inspires, due to the subjectivity of that, but rather the emotions that the music inspires within each person.

 

Here are the Moods that I have classified so far, and several examples of songs that evoke those Moods in me beneath to explain what each Mood is:

 

1) Fun

 

 

 

 

 

2) Relaxing

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H0keP_bhEE

 

 

 

3) Sad Feels

 

 

 

 

 

4) Happy Feels

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOFA9rr5S24

 

 

 

5) Dark

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6Yn7WMxPgI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8yfix33vA8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMnX2QCBFrA

 

 

 

6) Epic

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzwT-miP2Kg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bna9R11cBHQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYn_o6bTPuw

 

 

 

So anyway, I am currently trying, and struggling, to create a complete and accurate chart or graph upon which I could pinpoint the Mood evoked by any particular song. Preferably, such a chart would be a two-axis graph wherein each Mood would be dichotomous with another one, or the mid-range of two other Moods.

 

I've already been through the process of checking which Moods can overlap with others and which cannot, which is essential for creating such a graph:

 

 

 

If any examples of these overlapping Moods are needed, I can provide them, but I won't list examples for every song with multiple Moods right now because that seems like it would take too long.

 

 

 

So with this information, I tried to start building a chart only to run into many difficulties. Here's my idea so far of an organizational chart:

 

X-AXIS: Fun<-->Happy Feels<-->Sad Feels

Y-AXIS: Relaxing<-->Dark<-->Epic

 

However, this model doesn't seem to work perfectly.

 

Can anypony help me out here with creating a working model to describe the complete range of emotional moods invoked by any and all pieces of music?

 

 

EDIT: Come to think of it, maybe it's a three dimensional thing with X=Epic<-->Relaxing, Y=Sad Feels<-->Fun, and Z=Dark<-->Happy Feels.

Edited February 2, 2014 by Night Shine

[GhostPony750 959]

Oh well, it's going to be a difficult task! o_O

 

Sometimes, the mood change in a song, and some songs are going to be heavily hard to classify.

 

But I guess you could add anger, and maybe depressing - energic.

 

Listen to the beggining of Death Walks Behind You by Atomic Rooster, it's really dark

Edited February 2, 2014 by GhostPony750

[I used to be a stranger 7,993]

Do also realize that there has long been a system of emotional inflections by which to play a piece, in addition to the traditional tempo markings given by the composer, or the conductor. Any peice, on top of the notes, can be played happily, angrily or whatever, if the musician wishes to have it performed such.

 

This is a piece with the instruction to be played "Fuoco", which is Italian for "with Fire"; play the instrument with the intensity, vividity and passion of the flame.

 

This is a piece to be played "Scherzando", which is Italian for "playfully"; it is related to "Scherzo" which means "joking". The song itself however is not a Classical piece, but a March.

 

This is being played "Allegro Vivace", which means both "Quickly" and "Lively".

 

For more, see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegro_%28music%29#Italian_tempo_markings

Edited February 2, 2014 by Blue

[Blackened 512]

Feeling down? Here's a song that will perk you right up:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdHrQYPcKJ0