The Music
The current version of TransProse is just the beginning of the investigation, and I don't claim to be making beautiful music yet. This iteration is a starting point to see if I could programmatically translate the basic emotions of a novel into a musical piece that holds the same basic emotional feeling.
A few things to listen for:
- the octave represents the difference between joy and sadness densities throughout the novel
- shorter notes correspond with more emotionally dense areas of the novel
- more emotion creates more dissonant notes (parts of the music that are relatively simple/consonant mean there are fewer emotions there)
Peter Pan
Highest Emotion: Trust
Second Highest Emotion: Joy
Baseline Octave: 6
Tempo: 180
Key: C Major
Second Highest Emotion: Joy
Baseline Octave: 6
Tempo: 180
Key: C Major
Heart of Darkness
Highest Emotion: Fear
Second Highest Emotion: Sadness
Baseline Octave: 4
Tempo: 122
Key: C Minor
Second Highest Emotion: Sadness
Baseline Octave: 4
Tempo: 122
Key: C Minor
The Road
Highest Emotion: Sadness
Second Highest Emotion: Fear
Baseline Octave: 4
Tempo: 42
Key: C Minor
Second Highest Emotion: Fear
Baseline Octave: 4
Tempo: 42
Key: C Minor
A Clockwork Orange
Highest Emotion: Fear
Second Highest Emotion: Sadness
Baseline Octave: 5
Tempo: 171
Key: C Minor
Second Highest Emotion: Sadness
Baseline Octave: 5
Tempo: 171
Key: C Minor
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Highest Emotion: Trust
Second Highest Emotion: Fear
Baseline Octave: 5
Tempo: 167
Key: C Major
Second Highest Emotion: Fear
Baseline Octave: 5
Tempo: 167
Key: C Major
Alice in Wonderland
Highest Emotion: Trust
Second Highest Emotion: Fear
Baseline Octave: 5
Tempo: 150
Key: C Major
Second Highest Emotion: Fear
Baseline Octave: 5
Tempo: 150
Key: C Major
Anne of Green Gables
Highest Emotion: Joy
Second Highest Emotion: Trust
Baseline Octave: 6
Tempo: 180
Key: C Major
Second Highest Emotion: Trust
Baseline Octave: 6
Tempo: 180
Key: C Major
Einstein's Dreams
Highest Emotion: Trust
Second Highest Emotion: Joy
Baseline Octave: 6
Tempo: 180
Key: C Major
Second Highest Emotion: Joy
Baseline Octave: 6
Tempo: 180
Key: C Major
Little Prince
Highest Emotion: Trust
Second Highest Emotion: Joy
Baseline Octave: 5
Tempo: 133
Key: C Major
Second Highest Emotion: Joy
Baseline Octave: 5
Tempo: 133
Key: C Major
Lord of the Flies
Highest Emotion: Fear
Second Highest Emotion: Sadness
Baseline Octave: 4
Tempo: 151
Key: C Minor
Second Highest Emotion: Sadness
Baseline Octave: 4
Tempo: 151
Key: C Minor
Norwegian Wood
Highest Emotion: Trust
Second Highest Emotion: Joy
Baseline Octave: 5
Tempo: 172
Key: C Major
Second Highest Emotion: Joy
Baseline Octave: 5
Tempo: 172
Key: C Major
To Kill a Mockingbird
Highest Emotion: Trust
Second Highest Emotion: Fear
Baseline Octave: 5
Tempo: 132
Key: C Major
Second Highest Emotion: Fear
Baseline Octave: 5
Tempo: 132
Key: C Major
The audio clips were uploaded with the help of SoundCloud and embedded on this page. The graphs above are generated by SoundCloud as part of the embedding; they are not relevant to the emotions of the novel.
