Sad Music
Sad music has become increasingly popular according to a recent study, but why do people choose to listen to it?
Helena Merriman asks why people listen to sad music. A recent study has shown that sad music has become increasingly popular, but why do people choose to listen to it, and what goes on in the brain and the body when they do so?
Helena speaks to Japanese pianist and music researcher Dr Ai Kawakami who has some surprising answers about some of the positive feelings people experience when they listen to sad music. American writer Amanda Stern tells Helena why she regularly listens (and cries) to sad music and British composer Debbie Wiseman, known for her moving TV and film scores, explains what makes a piece of music sound sad.
You鈥檒l also hear pieces of sad music suggested by 成人快手 listeners from all over the world.
(Photo: A woman with headphones on, listening to sad music. 成人快手 Copyright)
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Billie Holiday
Gloomy Sunday
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James Taylor
Riding on a Railroad
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Joni Mitchell
River
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The Beatles
I Want to Hold your Hand
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Kylie Minogue
Can't Get You Out Of My Head
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude in B minor, number 24
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Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
La Separation
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Felix Mikhailovich Blumenfeld
Etude Sur Mer
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Arvo P盲rt
Spiegel im Spiegel
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Djivan Gasparyan
I Am Outcast By You
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The Rankin Family
Chi Mi Na Morbheanna
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Oliver Mtukudzi
Neria
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V铆ctor Jara
Te Recuerdo Amanda
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賲丨賲丿乇囟丕 卮噩乇賷丕賳
Rain
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Chris Isaak
Wicked Games
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Samuel Barber
Adagio for Strings
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