The Effects of Musical Expressions on Listeners- A Case Study of Western Classical Music-

The purpose of this paper is the research of vocal skill improvement for the musical expression of vocal music. The relation of musical expression and listener's music recognition has not been researched so well before. We chose one Japanese song, and investigated the effect on the listener of the musical expression. The examination method adopted MACL(mood adjective check list).We analyzed the score of the song, studied lyrics and the cultural context, and created the musical expression. To execute this musical expression, we devised strength of the voice and the change of the vocal quality. As a result of the experiment, the listener evaluated the performance to devise the musical expression by study. We confirmed the effect on the listener of the musical expression