Music and emotions

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Music and emotions

Composers can show their emotions in different ways:

Tempo - how fast or slow the music is

How loud or soft the music is

How high or low the notes are

The groups of notes used

Lyrics - the words of a song

Types of instruments

Happiness

Listen to the song 'Happy' by Pharell Williams

Sadness

Listen to Adagio in G minor by Albinoni

This piece of music is slow and gentle, fairly quiet and uses a group of notes called minor notes which help it sound sad.

Calm

Listen to Brahms' lullaby

A lullaby is a song sung to a baby to help it sleep.

It is very soft and gentle and not too fast.

Excitement

Listen to 'Walking on Sunshine' by Katrina and the Waves

Love

Listen to 'At Last' by Etta James

This is a song about someone who has found someone to love.

Anger

Listen to 'Night on Bald Mountain' by Mussorgsky

Try it!

Now, see if you can find music which makes you feel different emotions.