«A skilful, trained music therapist can sense and adapt to the individual meaning
of the sad music representing negative experiences and memories as described in this study.»
Kawakami and colleagues asked 44 volunteers, including both musicians and non-specialists, to listen to two pieces
of sad music and one piece of happy music.
Not exact matches
Sad to hear
of death
of David Bowie - his
music was for me and for so many others an integral part
of my growing up
But does he understand the deeper pain and sorrow
of the race which are not intensified by the solemn,
sad words and
music of the Divine Passion and
of human confession, but released and liberated thereby?
He wrote and published a Latin piece in Praise
of Music: «
Music has often stirred me... so that I wanted to preach... Nothing on earth has greater power to make the
sad joyful, the joyful
sad, the despondent courageous to incline the arrogant to humility and to lessen envy and hatred».
A number
of studies have used functional MRI to see what our brain looks like as we recall pleasant memories, watch scary movies or listen to
sad music.
The musicologists looked at the emotional experiences associated with
sad music of 2,436 people across three large - scale surveys in the UK and Finland.
Commenting on the study Professor Jörg Fachner, Professor
of Music, Health and the Brain, at Anglia Ruskin University, who was not part of the research team, said: «This study confirms that music therapists can work with authentic experiences when using music representing the sorrowful and painful content of sad life events such as the death of a spouse or c
Music, Health and the Brain, at Anglia Ruskin University, who was not part
of the research team, said: «This study confirms that
music therapists can work with authentic experiences when using music representing the sorrowful and painful content of sad life events such as the death of a spouse or c
music therapists can work with authentic experiences when using
music representing the sorrowful and painful content of sad life events such as the death of a spouse or c
music representing the sorrowful and painful content
of sad life events such as the death
of a spouse or child.
Each type
of emotional experience associated with
sad music could be connected to a distinct profile
of reasons, psychological mechanisms, and reactions, the researchers added.
The
sad pieces
of music included Glinka's «La Séparation» in F minor and Blumenfeld's Etude «Sur Mer» in G minor.
The researchers said that listening to
sad music led to feelings
of pleasure related to enjoyment
of the
music in some people, or feelings
of comfort where
sad music evoked memories in others.
The three types
of experience associated with listening to
sad music (pleasure, comfort and pain) were found across the different surveys.
In our research, we wanted to investigate this wide spectrum
of experiences that people have with
sad music, and find reasons for both listening to and avoiding that kind
of music.
The
music from western culture was designed to induce a range
of emotions from calm to excited, and from happy to anxious or
sad, and included both orchestral
music and excerpts from three popular films (Psycho, Star Wars, and Schindler's List).
And people, regardless
of their musical training, experience this ambivalent emotion to listen to the
sad music,» added the researchers.
Older people reported stronger experiences
of comforting sadness, while strong negative feelings when listening to
sad music were more pronounced for younger people and women.
However, a significant portion
of people also reported painful experiences associated with listening to
sad music, which invariably related to personal loss such as the death
of a loved one, divorce, breakup, or other significant adversity in life.
Dr Peltola added: «There seem to be two types
of enjoyable experiences evoked by
sad music listening.
I'm glad you had a fun time at the concert, although you're right it is
sad how much the
music scene has had a lot
of high profile losses this year.
I haven't heard
of them before but it's always
sad when a group you enjoy decide not to make your favourite
music any more.
So
sad to read the last
of the updates from Coachella: (Loved your fashion trends,
music reviews and girly fun.
The dog looked so
sad, that all I could see and feel was a man probably playing a country
music song to the tune
of «Twang, twang, she broke my heart.»
I will like to tell you little about my self, i am pretty easy going and a good listener, what you are about to read may inspire you, denture you, make you
sad or even anger you but i think, that honesty is the best policy.say it and let the chips fall where they may, i am single with no child, I'm a down to earth kind
of woman, i believe in living your life the best you can with the tools that are given to you, treat others as you would like to be treated, I'm a hard worker, i get that from my Dad but i also like to have a good time, I love
music, art, sports and life sunny days great but Rainy days makes me feel alive..
Florida Georgia Line sets the all - time record for the most weeks at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart, as the duo's Cruise notches a 22nd While country
music has its
sad side as evidence by
sad country songs there is plenty
of humor to go around as well.
While country
music has its
sad side as evidence by
sad country songs there is plenty
of humor to go around as well.
Tears are shed in «Decoding Annie Parker,» but they aren't accompanied by the kind
of sad, misty soundtrack
music that can leave you feeling used and abused.
Although Reggae is not my style
of music, I certainly loved the film, and thought the interviews were well done, amusing,
sad and thorough.
«The Forbidden Room» is weird, esoteric, and probably not the ideal entry point for curious moviegoers who have not yet experienced the glory
of a Guy Maddin film for themselves — those people might be better served with a look at «The
Saddest Music in the World.»
In a time when most movies are little more than filmed deals that can spend millions
of dollars on elaborate special effects sequences that fade from the mind almost as soon as they play out, he has created some
of the most bizarre, hilarious, haunting and memorable imagery that I have ever seen in a film — who could forget the sight
of beer baroness Isabella Rossellini standing upon artificial legs filled with her own product in «The
Saddest Music in the World,» or the horses stuck in the middle
of a frozen river in «My Winnipeg»?
, My Winnipeg, The
Saddest Music in the World, Keyhole) was accompanied by Evan Johnson, his codirector and creative brain trust on the new film, which evolved out
of a short - films project called Seances.
The constant droning
of sad classical
music over 70 %
of the film is highly manipulative.The lead actress is toiling hard in the fields, yet at all times wears lipstick, foundation, rough and mascara.Even some
of the males wear lipstick throughout.Everybody is drop dead gorgeous, no mud or gore in sight.The whole film is suffused with too much romantic zeal and sentiment.The two lead actors are excellent, but as usual Tom Sturridge is poor.He fails to convince he could ever be the dashing colonial soldier with his thin, weedy style
of acting.One star
Produced by Tamar Teifeld with live
music by Jordan Katz, The Bad, the
Sad, and the Broken - Hearted is described as «Greek tragedy meets slapstick comedy when Missy and her Chorus
of Prostitutes spout wisdoms old and new as they battle love, loss and loneliness in the Wild West.»
Reminiscent
of all - night encounter movies like Before Sunrise or In Search
of a Midnight Kiss, this British drama has a terrific blast
of honest humour and sharp
music to undercut its somewhat
sad tone.
Yamaoka explained this unique
music combination a little further citing «Theme
of Laura» as an example: «The melody [isn't] the most important thing in a piece
of music...» but for The Theme
of Laura [Yamaoka] «based [his]
music on a
sad melody with a strong beat.»
In the world
of The Lobster, the quest for love is robbed
of any poetry or eroticism, as people are matched to one another like contestants in an incredibly
sad real - world game show, and those who disapprove protest by disavowing love completely, opting instead to dance alone at night, listening to
music through their own individual headphones.
The strength
of the film's idea
of the self - esteem nation's virulence spreading itself as terminal languor amongst the advantaged and the beautiful lies fallow while Horner's excrescent
music transforms something thoughtful and
sad into something dispiriting and repugnant.
Movies that Mattered: Fahrenheit 9/11 by Chris Chang, The Big Red One: The Reconstruction by Kent Jones, Moolaadé / Vera Drake by Amy Taubin, Year
of the Doc Redux by Paul Arthur, Kinsey by Paul Arthur, Tarnation / The
Saddest Music in the World by Nathan Lee, Team America: World Police by Nathan Lee, The Passion
of the Christ, Kent Jones
It seems that this has been a
sad week for fans
of both
Music and Film.
It's such a
sad piece
of music.
And like so much
of country
music, the story is all - too -
sad, yet the tune is so upbeat and fuelled by four - four optimism, it's forces you to tap a toe and tip your hat to the beat.
Comedy with some
sad bits,
music plus dancing, romance with kissing, lots
of fighting, lots
of fun.
REVIEW The
Saddest Music in the World by Michael Atkinson, Greendale by Wesley Morris, Mayor
of the Sunset Strip by Paul Arthur, and Saved!by Alissa Quart
A few indelible images: lonesome boys waltzing to
music from a nearby grand hotel, townspeople carting their old furniture to the square for a massive bonfire, the immense luxury liner Rex, Gradisca's
sad little wedding, the floating dandelion puffs that mark the return
of spring...
All done with a straight face, underneath the hilarity, lies a
sad story
of a woman unable to come to terms with her physical limits and natural inability with
music.
Screenwriter Dennis Potter adapted his acclaimed British miniseries for Hollywood, a
sad story
of a Depression - era sheet -
music salesman (Steve Martin) who fantasizes that the world can be as rosy as the songs he sells.
Michael Caine profiled, features on Sundance and Rotterdam 2004, Charlie Kaufman's Eternal Sunshine
of the Spotless Mind, Joseph Losey, Marco Bellocchio, Nigerian videofilm culture, Guy Maddin's The
Saddest Music in the World, Barry Gifford on Lost Highway the opera, Hou Hsiao - Hsien's Café Lumière
In
music, if you want somebody to feel
sad, what kind
of a chord do you use?
In every line, Zambrano finds the happy and
sad music of childhood.
The gallery covers video production, painting and illustration, photography and video editing, but we're more than a little
sad that there's no mention
of music production.
One photographer working with the project, Seth Casteel, said to the Huffington Post, «When people watch that TV commercial with the
sad images and depressing
music, they change the channel, but when they see hopeful portraits
of adoptable pets full
of love and personality, they zip over to the shelter with their family and save a life.»