TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - The Minor fall, the Major lift: inferring emotional valence of musical chords through lyrics
JO  - Royal Society open science
A1  - Kolchinsky, Artemy
A1  - Dhande, Nakul
A1  - Park, Kengjeun
A1  - Ahn, Yong-Yeol
SP  - e170952
EP  - e170952
VL  - 4
IS  - 11
N2  - We investigate the association between musical chords and lyrics by analysing a large dataset of user-contributed guitar tablatures. Motivated by the idea that the emotional content of chords is reflected in the words used in corresponding lyrics, we analyse associations between lyrics and chord categories. We also examine the usage patterns of chords and lyrics in different musical genres, historical eras and geographical regions. Our overall results confirm a previously known association between Major chords and positive valence. We also report a wide variation in this association across regions, genres and eras. Our results suggest possible existence of different emotional associations for other types of chords.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2054-5703
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.170952
ID  - ref1
ER  -