Carols in the wind.
cross_sectional · Level IV
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Abstract
AIM: To compare mood and emotional responses to music played on pipe organs and pipeless (digital) organs. DESIGN: A two-organ (pipe v. digital) crossover study. SETTING: St Theodore's Anglican Church, Adelaide. SUBJECTS: 43 non-musician volunteers. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Changes in mood and emotions measured by the Profile of Mood States. RESULTS: Both instruments produced significant reductions in the emotions commonly experienced during the Christmas season: tension-anxiety, depression-rejection, anger-hostility and fatigue. There were no significant changes for vigour or confusion-bewilderment, and no significant differences between the mood-altering effects of the two instruments. CONCLUSIONS: Pipeless organs are as effective as pipe organs in inducing beneficial mood changes.