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Rap Music Description

Rap music is an American genre which involves rapid recitation of poetic verse to an instrumental beat, often featuring lyrics with artistic, commercial or political overtones. Rapping first emerged at block parties during the early 1970s, when DJs began isolating percussion breaks from soul and funk songs for DJs to play over. At these parties, […]

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Death Metal Song Lyrics

Death metal lyrics may seem intimidating and perplexing to those outside its genre, yet according to research conducted by music psychologist William Forde Thompson, fans feel powerful and joyful when listening. Death metal music combines loud and fast rhythmic thrash metal music with demonic vocals that range from low death growls to high-pitched shrieks, but

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The Pleasure of Sad Music Without Lyrics

An innovative behavioral study involved pairing four emotions represented by instrumental classical and jazz melodies without lyrics for analysis by both acoustic and perceptual means. Analysis revealed that music representing happier emotions had faster attack slopes, higher spectral centroids, quicker tempos, as compared to sadder emotions expressed through legato articulation with slower tempos. Emotional response

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