Abstract
This study investigated how moods before listening to music influenced on rating the affective value of music. In Experiment 1, participants after mood induction listened to either depressed or happy music and rated their affective value of music while listening to them. In Experiment 2, participants evaluated the affective value of music either having high strength and solemnity or having high affinity and solemnity with listening to them. In Experiment 3, participants rated the affective value of music having neutral affective value. As a result, there were little effects of moods on evaluating the affective value of music as to music having distinguished characteristics. However, as to music having neutral affective value, participants had felt sad rated the music as more depressive, but they had felt happy rated it as more calm. It suggested that more neutral affective value of music was, stronger the influences of prior moods of listeners were.
