“6 Fascinating Periods in Music History.” Learn Piano | Joytunes Blog, 9 May 2016, www.joytunes.com/blog/music-fun/6-fascinating-periods-in-music-history-and-how-theyve-influenced-the-music-of-today/.

Joy Tune’s Blog “6 Fascinating Periods in Music History” briefly describes each of the major time periods where discoveries in music were made.  The article tells how each period differed from one another and made expansions to practices used in previous periods. The articles also mention some notable artists of that time and pieces like the Gregorian Chart and the Printing Press.

 

Eerola, Tuomas. “Are the Emotions Expressed in Music Genre-Specific? An Audio-Based Evaluation of Datasets Spanning Classical, Film, Pop and Mixed Genres.” Taylor & Francis, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09298215.2011.602195.

In this journal article, the author gives an account of a study conducted in order to link emotions to the music genre.  The article defines emotion and provides a description of emotions that are often triggered by music.

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Monk-Turner, Elizabeth and Sylvertooth, D'Ontae, "Rap Music: Gender Difference in Derogatory Word Use" (2008). Sociology & Criminal Justice Faculty Publications. 19.

https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/sociology_criminaljustice_fac_pubs/19

Rap-Music: Gender Differences in Derogatory Word Use is a journal article that describes a study conducted to examine rap songs.  The researchers were aiming to discover how often profanity was used, which gender uses them the most and if there is a commonality of profanity found in rap lyrics.  The authors defined rap and its origin, the concerns for rap and how rap is viewed in society. 

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Parker-pope, Tara. “Under the Influence Of...Music?” The New York Times, The New York Times, 5 Feb. 2008, https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/under-the-influence-ofmusic/.

In the New York Times Under the Influence... Music? It looks at ways music influences teenagers. This article estimates how much time teenagers spend weekly listening to music.  For people who believe that movies and television are just as influential as music can read otherwise based on this article. The article compares music to movie, placing more blame on musical influences as an impact.  

 

Schulkin, Jay, and Greta B Raglan. “The Evolution of Music and Human Social Capability.” Frontiers in Neuroscience, Frontiers Media S.A., 17 Sept. 2014, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4166316/.

The article “The Evolution of Music and Human Social Capability” talk about music’s history.  The article elaborates on ways in which music has evolved, in terms of where it began as just instruments made of stone in the Homo Sapiens 40,000 years ago.  The article also elaborates on music’s social function in terms of how we’ve used music in the past and today in our day to day lives. 

 

Team, Revelle. “How Different Genres of Music Affect Your Mood.” Connolly Music Company, https://www.connollymusic.com/stringovation/different-genres-of-music-affect-your-mood.

In Connolly Music.com’s article, the authors elaborate on how different music genres affect a person’s mood.  The writers tie history into the subject relating Psalms to music and emotion. The article uses a study conducted to increase the credibility of the claim.  The topic of physical therapy and music genre is explored as well. 

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