Mild Dissonance Preferred Over Consonance in Single Chord Perception.

ABSTRACT: Previous research on harmony perception has mainly been concerned with horizontal aspects of harmony, turning less attention to how listeners perceive psychoacoustic qualities and emotions in single isolated chords. A recent study found mild dissonances to be more preferred than consonances in single chord perception, although the authors did not systematically vary register and consonance in their study; these omissions were explored here. An online empirical experiment was conducted where participants (N = 410) evaluated chords on the dimensions of Valence, Tension, Energy, Consonance, and Preference; 15 different chords were played with piano timbre across two octaves. The results suggest significant differences on all dimensions across chord types, and a strong correlation between perc

SUBMITTER: Lahdelma I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4934671 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature