Like, if you’re sad and you listen to sad music, what does mood tend towards as a result of the emotional interplay with the music? Does it alter the expression of the current or previous mood to some end or what exzctly do you think is happening?
Does it actually change the mood or create a sort of emotional chord progression that tends towards resolution or creating a new emotional tonic?
If I listen to upbeat music it definitely boosts my mood. But, I feel the reverse is a little more complicated.
When I listen to sad music and I’m feeling down, I honestly feel something different. Maybe not happiness, but contentment, because of shared experience.
A shared experience of pain or hardship with that artist that gives a different kind of fulfillment through understanding.