Songs and emotions: are lyrics and melodies equal partners?

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Automatic Lyrics Transcription in Polyphonic Music: Does Background Music Help? (2019, background): “Lyrics contribute to the mood of the song [1, 2], affect the opinion of a listener about the song [3], and even help in foreign language learning [4,5].”
Music as an emotion regulation strategy: An examination of genres of music and their roles in emotion regulation (2019, background): “Ali and Peynircioğlu (2006) found that although melody rather than lyrics had a greater modulating effect on emotions, lyrics increased perceptions of sad and angry music while decreasing perceptions of calm and happy music. Taken together, these findings suggest the need for future research to exam”
Emotional and psychophysiological responses to tempo, mode, and percussiveness (2011, background): “Lyrics can carry emotional content; however, these do not necessarily influence the emotions of the listeners (Ali & Peynircioglu, 2006).”