Subjective Evaluation for the Impression of Music Based on Visual Analog Scale and Cluster Analysis

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  • WATANABE Satoshi
    School of Health Sciences at Odawara, International University of Health and Welfare
  • SHIRAHAMA Naruki
    Department of Creative Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu College
  • MATSUMOTO Yuji
    Junior College Division, Kindai University
  • TSUKAMOTO Hiroyuki
    School of Information Studies, Shizuoka Sangyo University
  • NAKAYA Naofumi
    Faculty of Health Sciences, Tsukuba International University
  • 森 幸男
    Department of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Salesian Polytechnic

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  • Visual Analog Scale による楽曲の印象についての主観評価測定およびクラスター分析
  • Visual Analog Scale ニ ヨル ガッキョク ノ インショウ ニ ツイテ ノ シュカン ヒョウカ ソクテイ オヨビ クラスター ブンセキ

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<p>This paper discusses that the subjective evaluation for the impression of music based on Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and their cluster analysis. 22 healthy people invited as the experiment subjects, one piece of 1/f fluctuation music (“Requiem No.7 Lacrimosa” (Mozart)) is employed as the test piece. All Subjects are asked to listen to the test piece individually. In order to analyze their subjective evaluation (especially impression of music), they are asked to answer the questionnaire on VAS (7 questions). The results show that subjective evaluation values based on the impression (ex. “sad”, “dark”) of requiem have been obtained. Moreover, the box-and-whisker plot of subjective evaluation distribution also has been shown. In addition, it has been discovered that the question based on the similar subjective evaluation belongs to the same cluster. </p>

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