Science

Listening to high-quality music makes us happier



Take this test to reveal what categories of music you score highly for then read the descriptions below 

Mellow music is defined as romantic, relaxing, friendly, sad, slow, and quiet; often heard in genres of soft rock, R & B, and adult contemporary.

People who have a well-developed ability to understand thoughts and feelings in themselves and others, so-called ’empathisers’, prefer mellow music that evokes deep emotion. 

Unpretentious music is defined as uncomplicated, relaxing, unaggressive, soft, and acoustic, and primarily from the country, folk, and singer/songwriter music genres.

Fans of upbeat music like country, pop and soundtracks tend to have low scores for openness to experience and intelligence. 

They are more likely to be agreeable, extroverted and conscientious and see themselves as attractive, wealthy, athletic and politically conservative.

Sophisticated music is defined as inspiring, intelligent, complex, and dynamic, and were from the classical, operatic, avant-garde, world beat, and traditional jazz music genres.

People who prefer reflective and complex music like blues, classical and jazz score highly on openness to experience, and see themselves as politically liberal, intelligent and not very athletic. 

Intense music is defined as distorted, loud, aggressive, and not relaxing, romantic, nor inspiring, and were from the classic rock, punk, heavy metal, and power pop music genres.

People who can identify patterns and systems, known as ‘systemisers’, prefer intense music that forms complex sounds.  Systemisers are people who are logical, analytical and objective.

Contemporary music is defined a percussive, electric, and not sad, and from the rap, electronica, Latin, acid jazz, and Euro pop music genres.

People who prefer energetic and rhythmic music were also extroverted, agreeable, attractive and athletic, but they did not share the political inclination, wealth or lower intelligence scores as lovers of upbeat music.

Source: Musical Universe Project and Short Test Of Musical Preferences

 



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