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Toughmindedness and Preference for Musical Excerpts, Categories and Triads

David Rawlings

Malcolm Hodge

Debbie Sherr

Anne Dempsey

Department of Psychology, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3052

Four studies examined the relationship between Eysenck's Toughmindedness or Psychoticism (P) dimension and various aspects of music preference. Using recorded musical excerpts, study 1 found that P is related to liking for hard rock music and dislike of easy listening music. Study 2 employed the Litle and Zuckerman Music Preference Survey in which subjects list their preferences for music categories; toughminded subjects reported preference for hard rock music, and dislike of "soft" popular music. Study 3 correlated P with preference for five types of recorded triad. Low P subjects showed a stronger preference for consonant triads (major, minor) over dissonant triads (augmented, diminished, atonal) than high P subjects. Study 4 showed that chord preferences are related to music preferences, and substantially supported studies 1 and 3. It is concluded that, relative to tenderminded individuals, toughminded subjects show preference for "hard" music and "harsh" chords.

Psychology of Music, Vol. 23, No. 1, 63-80 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/0305735695231005
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