%0 Generic %1 Madgazin2009 %A Madgazin, Vadim R. %D 2009 %K UR arxiv TP %T The Information Theory of Emotions of Musical Chords %U http://arxiv.org/abs/0909.3976 %X The paper offers a solution to the centuries-old puzzle - why the majorchords are perceived as happy and the minor chords as sad - based on theinformation theory of emotions. A theory and a formula of musical emotions werecreated. They define the sign and the amplitude of the utilitarian emotionalcoloration of separate major and minor chords through relative pitches ofconstituent sounds. Keywords: chord, major, minor, the formula of musicalemotions, the information theory of emotions.

@misc{Madgazin2009, abstract = { The paper offers a solution to the centuries-old puzzle - why the majorchords are perceived as happy and the minor chords as sad - based on theinformation theory of emotions. A theory and a formula of musical emotions werecreated. They define the sign and the amplitude of the utilitarian emotionalcoloration of separate major and minor chords through relative pitches ofconstituent sounds. Keywords: chord, major, minor, the formula of musicalemotions, the information theory of emotions.}, added-at = {2009-10-21T04:57:14.000+0200}, author = {Madgazin, Vadim R.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/221c759fa77ca33b14fb4ca92fdd1c12d/penkib}, description = {[0909.3976] The Information Theory of Emotions of Musical Chords}, interhash = {c8aeb6b2e1820aeeb2de6e92b6e7be54}, intrahash = {21c759fa77ca33b14fb4ca92fdd1c12d}, keywords = {UR arxiv TP}, note = {cite arxiv:0909.3976Comment: 18 pages, 2 figures, in English, and copy in Russian}, timestamp = {2009-10-21T04:57:14.000+0200}, title = {The Information Theory of Emotions of Musical Chords}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0909.3976}, year = 2009 }