The main characteristics of the way music expresses emotions are:

(1) Music does not reproduce the material forms in real life, but only expresses the emotions experienced from them

Music's reflection of real life only expresses the feelings and emotions, desires and other emotional things that people get in their life experience. That is, music only expresses emotions without revealing the basis on which such emotions are based. This is the special way music reflects reality.

(2) The emotions expressed in music are abstract and direct

①The emotions expressed in music are abstract

The emotions expressed in music are because It is promoted from the specific situations and events that serve as the basis of life. It is no longer a specific feeling, but more general and general. It can also be said that a certain emotion expressed in music is not individual or specific, but the emotion itself. For example, expressing the joy of victory in a war is not just the joy of victory in a certain war, but rather abstract and broad. It can represent the joy of victory in general.

②The emotions expressed in music are direct

If you want to express love or hatred for specific objects, feelings about specific situations or emotions about specific historical events in music Will, etc., is only possible in conjunction with certain other types of art. For example, in songs, the feelings expressed are more concrete. But the reason for this effect is that the lyrics definitely describe the scenes, events, etc. as the content, and the lyrics belong to the category of literature. Another example is the use of music in dramas and movies, which also closely links the emotions expressed by music with the characters and plots of the scene, and becomes concrete.

(3) The special way music expresses emotions also brings about the particularity of appreciation

Music listeners often experience the emotions in the music as their own emotions, as if the music has transferred When it reaches your own heart, it becomes your own "voice". This emotional experience is of a more direct, personal nature. It is precisely because of this characteristic that lyrics combined with music are often expressed in the first person, so that not only the singer but also the listener will put their own emotions into it.