The listener responds to the speaker, where their response includes an indication of their belief about the truth of what the speaker said. The listener determines their belief about the truth of what the speaker said, but, the amount of effort put into this determination is proportional to the perceived level of spontaneity in the speaker's speech.ĥ. The listener determines whether of not the speaker's speech is spontaneous.Ĥ. The listener determines the emotional significance of the meaning of what the speaker said.ģ. The listener determines the meaning of what the speaker said.Ģ. Parts of it ring true and parts of it (like the role of discerning truth and the claim that people don't musicalize their speech) I think are off track, and maybe also constrained by a far too limited perspective of what music is in the first place.ġ.
I'm not convinced that the attempt to explain it the way the author does is worthwhile. To varying degrees, humans seem to like stimulating and playing with their senses in different ways. My two cents is that music, like other art and things like sports or games, leverages senses, instincts, and skills that evolved initially for other purposes, and uses them recreationally, playfully. We also are super good at listening for other meaningful sounds though, like things that might kill us.
To veer off into pure opinion: I definitely think music gains some of its emotional impact by virtue of its relationship to speech, given that we can interpret so much from the music of speech itself, and if that kind of metadata is presented _independently_ of natural speech, there's often something pleasing or interesting about about that. It's long enough ago (and I've not stayed in the field I was in) that I've long forgotten many of the sources, but there is plenty of stuff out there that deals with speech and music. I dunno, 10 years or so ago I wrote a whole MA thesis on this exact subject. Mismatching speech melodies with the dialog sounds all wrong. It is often the musical content of speech that makes or breaks the performance. Actors use pitch and rhythm when speaking to convey emotions. We _absolutely_ use the music of everyday speech to create emphasis, for example, and in many other ways. The pitch and rhythm of a speaking voice, especially how they change while an individual is speaking, is meaningful meta-information about what is being said, and how the speaker feels about it, or what they mean by what they say. Speech in say, English (just to narrow it down), is musical inherently. So grab some tissues and press play! (And for the record, spending some quality time watching sad movies with a pint of your favorite ice cream is 100 percent good medicine, too.> people never musicalize conversational speech When you’re feeling blue, you’ll want these songs on repeat. But mainstream recording artists-from Adele to John Mayer to Kelly Clarkson-offer up some of the saddest tunes of all time as well. Just browse our lists of sad country songs, country breakup songs, and even country love songs, and you’ll see why. It’s no secret that the country music genre hands-down owns sad breakup songs.
But if your playlist is more “happy, upbeat pop mixed with a little hip-hop and sprinkling of rock-n-roll,” here are some certified best heartbreak songs to get you through your next broken heart, especially if you're feeling down about being single on Valentine's Day. You likely already have some pretty sad songs in your collection-songwriters and artists themselves have long been inspired by breakups, which has led to a lot of really great music over the years. Let’s face it-sometimes the best cure for a broken heart is a deep dive into a playlist of heartbreaking songs (might we suggest Taylor Swift on vinyl?).