Table 6.

Correlations Between the Rock MUSIC Factor Loadings in Study 3 and Musical Attributes

Attributes	M	U	S	I	C
Sound-related
Auditory features
Dense	−.24*	−.49*	.11	.42*	−.10
Distorted	−.30*	−.48*	−.48*	.88*	−.39*
Fast	−.61*	−.16	−.24*	.75*	−.29*
Heavy bass	−.47*	−.34*	−.01	.48*	.08
Loud	−.52*	−.34*	−.28*	.83*	−.32*
Percussive	−.53*	−.49*	−.07	.71*	−.06
Instruments
Brass	−.01	.02	.10	−.04	.10
Electric	−.37*	−.58*	−.30*	.77*	−.07
Instrumental	−.25*	−.15	.53*	.16	−.24*
Piano	.06	.19	.23*	−.17	−.09
Raspy voice	−.19	−.06	−.32*	.37*	−.20
Synthesizer	.29*	−.34*	.22*	−.20	−.02
Woodwind	−.07	−.13	.67*	−.28*	.09
Yelling voice	−.29*	.02	−.46*	.49*	−.10
Comparisonsa with
Study 1	.79*	.42*	.73*	.91*	.50*
Study 2	.70*	.65*	.16	.81*	.28
Psychological
Positive affect
Amusing	−.31*	.56*	−.18	−.14	.23*
Animated	−.48*	.34*	−.02	.11	.01
Dreamy	.71*	−.01	.30*	−.75*	.28*
Enthusiastic	−.46*	.19	−.19	.14	.22*
Fun	−.34*	.35*	−.15	−.10	.37*
Happy	−.24*	.44*	.04	−.28*	.31*
Inspiring	.38*	.10	.13	−.69*	.56*
Joyful	−.06	.56*	.41*	−.62*	.20
Merry	−.17	.56*	.34*	−.48*	.15
Romantic	.56*	−.07	.40*	−.71*	.30*
Sensual	.26*	−.07	.34*	−.46*	.26*
Strong	−.38*	−.40*	−.20	.54*	−.07
Warm	.41*	.23*	.49*	−.82*	.26*
Negative affect
Abrasive	−.43*	−.31*	−.38*	.86*	−.52*
Aggressive	−.49*	−.33*	−.49*	.87*	−.34*
Angry	−.42*	−.37*	−.53*	.89*	−.36*
Depressing	.54*	−.17	−.27*	−.03	−.15
Intense	−.38*	−.56*	−.28*	.74*	−.24*
Sad	.78*	−.11	.11	−.57*	.16
Tense	−.32*	−.48*	−.31*	.71*	−.18
Energy
Calming	.53*	.19	.33*	−.75*	.29*
Danceable	−.35*	.21	−.19	−.04	.47*
Forceful	−.54*	−.35*	−.44*	.86*	−.25*
Gentle	.69*	.08	.27*	−.77*	.22*
Lively	−.56*	.30*	−.11	.14	.22*
Manic	−.40*	−.35*	−.39*	.82*	−.44*
Mellow	.64*	.13	.21	−.72*	.24*
Party music	−.43*	.01	−.40*	.29*	.26*
Relaxing	.53*	.00	.46*	−.77*	.28*
Thrilling	−.39*	−.14	−.31*	.39*	.14
Cerebral
Complex	−.03	−.29*	.28*	.11	.00
Deep	.67*	−.09	.06	−.57*	.30*
Intelligent	.54*	−.04	.32*	−.73*	.46*
Reflective	.62*	−.03	.08	−.57*	.26*
Sophisticated	.52*	−.10	.40*	−.68*	.32*
Thoughtful	.71*	.04	.03	−.68*	.30*
Comparisonsa with
Study 1	.93*	.70*	.91*	.97*	.25
Study 2	.89*	.57*	−.53*	.88*	−.19

Note. Cell entries are correlations between the factor loadings (standardized using Fisher’s r-to-z transformation) of the excerpts used in Study 3 and the mean attribute ratings of the excerpts.

M = Mellow; U = Unpretentious; S = Sophisticated; I = Intense; C = Contemporary.

^aColumn-vector correlations comparing the patterns of z-transformed correlations.

M = Mellow; U = Unpretentious; S = Sophisticated; I = Intense; C = Contemporary.

N = 75.

^*p < .05