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For the following items, please indicate your basic preference level for the genres… [on a scale of 1 to 7, where ‘1’ is ‘strongly dislike’ and ‘7’ is ‘strongly like’.]
1. _____ Classical
2. _____ Blues
3. _____ Country
4. _____ Dance/Electronica
5. _____ Folk
6. _____ Rap/hip-hop
7. _____ Soul/funk
8. _____ Religious
9. _____ Alternative
10. _____ Jazz
11. _____ Rock
12. _____ Pop
13. _____ Heavy Metal
14. _____ Soundtracks/theme songs
Scoring for the four music preference dimensions:
Reflective & Complex: 1, 2, 5, 10
Intense & Rebellious: 9, 11, 13
Upbeat & Conventional: 3, 8, 12, 14
Energetic & Rhythmic: 4, 6, 7
The STOMP [above] is a 14-item scale assessing preferences in music genres. It assesses four broad music-preference dimensions. …
The present research examines individual differences in music preferences….The data indicated that people consider music to be an important aspect of their lives and listening to music as an activity they engaged in frequently….[A]nalyses of the music preferences of over 3,500 individuals converged to reveal four music-preference dimensions: Reflective and Complex, Intense and Rebellious, Upbeat and Conventional, and Energetic and Rhythmic. Preference for these music dimensions were related to a wide array of personality dimensions (e.g., Openness), self-views (e.g., political orientation), and cognitive abilities (e.g., verbal ability). [source]
So help me, I’ll never complain about music recommendation services over-simplifying my musical tastes again.
[via the reliably thought-provoking Collision Detection]
