Introduction

Emotional Songs is a software that collects and keeps track of the emotions experienced while listening to playlists of songs defined by the user. Detected emotions, which we list in the table below, are those provided by the GEMS model1, considering only the 9 emotions used as macro-categories, in order to simplify the collecting process. Emontional category Explanation Amazement Feeling of wonder or happiness Solemnity Feeling of transcendence, inspiration, Thrills Tenderness Sensuality, affect, feeling of love Nostalgia Dreamy, melancholic, sentimental feelings Calmness Relaxation, serenity, meditativeness Power Feeling strong, heroic, triumphant, energetic Joy Feels like dancing, bouncy feeling, animated, amused Tension Feeling nervous, impatient, irritated Sadness Feeling depressed, sorrowful Note: the following manual for the software Emotional Songs was written using the MacOS operating system as an example, but it works the same on both Windows and Linux operating systems....