What is musical taste?

Most people understand musical taste as one’s preferences in music: particular genres, styles, music bands. Even though musical taste is a very loaded term, in the context of research, contemporary view on the term is merely what one judges to be good, one’s attitude towards different musical styles or composers.

Can you date someone with different taste in music?

“Only 2\% of couples survived when each person had completely different music tastes. Moreover, couples who enjoyed music together saw improvements in their relationship satisfaction, emotional connection, and even communication.” * Nearly 1 in 5 people wouldn’t date someone with “bad” taste in music.

Can you marry someone with different music taste?

Music tastes minorly matters, having the same taste in music can actually make a connection between the two of you. And it was also said that music taste reflects one’s personality but if you don’t have the same taste it won’t make such big gap between you and your partner.

What is a person with good taste called?

epicure, gourmet, gourmand, gastronome mean one who takes pleasure in eating and drinking. epicure implies fastidiousness and voluptuousness of taste.

What constitutes good taste in music?

What constitutes good taste in music is a highly contentious topic. There are those who say that people who have good taste in music know how to identify and evaluate specific musical elements like depth and cohesion.

What does Gasser think about taste in music?

“It really got me thinking (maybe not in a conscious way at that point) about how varied people’s tastes are, and how people of the same age group could gravitate to different styles of music.” As composers tend to do, Gasser would dissect various songs to better understand what might appeal to an audience.

What shapes our musical preferences?

Another feature which shapes our musical preferences is influence of our peers. Every generation seems to have its own music that the older generation “doesn’t understand”. Young people introduce each other to different musical styles and bond around their own brand of music.

Why do some people have a preference in music?

Answer by Joyce Schenkein, Neuropsychologist, College Professor, Vision Scientist, on Quora: At least some of our music preference is cultural. Certain combinations of sounds may be more common in particular geographic regions. Lifelong familiarity with these patterns would be a reason to prefer them.