Can someone explain to me *why* we can perceive emotion in music? It's all kind of magical to me how music really is a universal language. (Erm, it is, right?) We can all recognise a happy tune, a tense tune, an aggressive one, and perhaps a contemplative or serene tune.
Why is that?
@JordiGH from the day of our conception we experience music during emotional situations in real life or in cultural works. Then we associate styles with specific feelings. ‘Thanks’ to cultural imperialism we are exposed to homogeneous music. Music is not a universal language. Music was diverse in the past, now it’s dominated by Western culture creating ‘universal’ consumers to buy a next 4-chord song.
Create a civilization around polychromatic music and you will say that polychromatic music is ‘universal’.
