Analysis of Influence Degree of Fear Based on Different Musical Characteristics

In this paper, the effects of four factors in music such as pitch, length, the degree of consonance and loudness fluctuation frequency on human’s fear were investigated experimentally. Further, we analyzed the difference of fear perception between professional music learners and nonprofessional music learners with different degree of consonance, as well as the influence of different personalities on fear perception. We carried out the listening experiment employing a method of subjective evaluation. The experimental results shown that pitch, length, loudness fluctuation frequency and the degree of consonance all had significant effects on fear perception, and their contribution degree decreased in turn. In addition, professional music learners had more significant fear perception at different degree of consonance. At the same time, the research also found that individuals with different personalities had significant differences in fear perception.