A Musical Analysis of Heart and The Judds

By Minnie Bell Psychology Mentor: Dr. Matthew McMullen

Abstract Overall, the valence of the albums are relatively equal, This analysis will compare two of my personal musical and shows they are correlated to each other. The p-value influences. Both bands are led by two female singers. of (0.16) shows there is no statistical significance in the The Judds, a country band, was led by Wynonna Judd valence, however. The energy of Heart is higher than and her mother, Naomi. Heart, a rock band, is led by Rockin’ with the Rhythm, but the Judds album is, again, Ann Wilson and her sister, Nancy. The Judds only Heart more danceable. perform for special occasions now. Heart continues to Positive Sentiment Negative Sentiment rock on! Ann Wilson and Wynonna Judd are both incredible singers. Ann Wilson is a coloratura mezzo- The use of words following ‘he and she’ by each band soprano ranging from C3 to E6 (1) and Wynonna were noticeably different as well, The Judds used ‘she’ Judd’s range is an E3 to E5 (2) and is a contra-alto more than ‘he’ and Heart did use the word ‘he’ but did which is rare for females (3). Both women can easily not use ‘she’ followed by anything. sing 6 octaves using a blend of their head and chest voices. The next two graphs compare the valence of the Methods albums. The first graph highlights the valence of each The focus of this research will be on the release of the song. Valence indicates the happiness or sadness of 1985 albums, Heart by Heart (2) and Rockin’ with the music. The higher the valence, the happier the song Conclusions Rhythm by The Judds (3). Both albums contain 10 is. All the tracks on Rockin’ with the Rhythm album tracks. The comparison of the albums will look at vocal were produced in the major key mode. Three of the The comparison of these two artists shows that their range (see above), word analysis, valence, Heart tracks were produced in the minor key mode. singing ranges are similar however, Ann Wilson is a danceability, energy, as well as the key mode using Songs in minor key usually sound sadder (5).The mezzo-soprano and Wynonna Judd is a contra-alto. Even Spotifyr in Rstudio. First, a word analysis on the two mean danceability of The Judds album is 0.74 while though The Judds were more verbose in their sentiment, albums using Genius in Rstudio comparing the the mean danceability of Heart’s album is 0.51. Even Heart was just as wordy with negative sentiment use. Each valence and sentiment of the albums. though The Judds have three songs that are of lower band used ‘like and love’ more often as positive sentiment. Results valence compared to Heart that has three songs in a Most songs were performed in the major key on both minor key, the Rockin’ with the Rhythm album is more albums. Lastly, the albums showed there is no statistical danceable. significance in the valence or energy of the albums. References 1. Alexa61, (2019). Ann Dustin Wilson. The Range Planet. The Judds https://therangeplanet.proboards.com/thread/12/ann-wilson Positive Sentiment Negative Sentiment 2. Singing Carrots (n.d.). Wynonna Judd vocal range. Singing Carrots. Retrieved. April 10, 2021 https://singingcarrots.com/artist-range?artist=Wynonna%20Judd

Noticeably, The Judds used an equal amount of 3. Genius Media Group, (n.d.). Heart, Heart. Retrieved. April 10, 2021. positive and negative sentiment words in their songs. https://genius.com/albums/Heart/Heart than did Heart. Although, Heart’s negative sentiment 4. Genius Media Group, (n.d.). Rockin’ with the Rhythm, The Judds. Retrieved. April 10, 2021 words are comparative as you can see in the Word https://genius.com/albums/The-judds/Rockin-with-the-rhythm

Clouds. Both bands’ albums used ‘love and like’ 5. NME , (2013, February 14). The Science of Music – Why do Songs in Minor Key Sound Sad? NME Blog. equally to express positive sentiment and while The https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/the-science-of-music-why-do-songs-in-a-minor-key- Judds expressed ‘fall and cry’ as negative sentiment, sound-sad- 760215#:~:text=Most%20of%20the%20time%2C%20when,music%20is%20heard%20as%20s Heart used ‘shock and kill.’ ad.