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Why we really really really like repetition in music

It slays all day In episode #5 of Vox Pop's Earworm, producer Estelle Caswell, comes to appreciate the art of repetition with the help of Colin Morris an
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Science Proves: Pop Music Has Actually Gotten Worse

Science Proves: Pop Music Has Actually Gotten Worse | Soundtrack | Scoop.it
Science confirms what you've always suspected: music these days is worse than it used to be.

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Andrew McCluskey's curator insight, January 15, 2015 7:53 PM

I like this study - although the title is a little "linkbaity" - it looks at how music has changed over the last 60 years through the lenses of :
1. Timbre - which is all about the tonal quality - how it actually sounds
2. Pitch - which looks at the dynamism of the track - harmonies, chords, melodies etc
3. Loudness - yes - just how loud the song is when you play it

And the results show that since 1955 - timbral variety decreased, pitch content decreased and loudness increased.

Shocker huh!?

I could speculate forever on the reasons behind this but I suspect the main culprits are economics and technology. But I'm an optimist and have no doubt once the humans assimilate the new electronic instruments that we'll begin to see an expansion of the first two again.

Michael Dunn's curator insight, January 16, 2015 9:28 PM

Natural sciences, the arts: Can facts and theories across disciplines create a common groundwork of explanation?

Scott Langston's curator insight, January 19, 2015 2:51 AM

Great for the common explanations essay!