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1 day ago · Ethnomusicology (from Greek ἔθνος ethnos ‘nation’ and μουσική mousike ‘music’) is the multidisciplinary study of music in its cultural context, investigating social, cognitive, biological, comparative, and other dimensions involved other than sound.
May 10, 2024 · Music is a universal yet diverse cultural trait transmitted between generations. The extent to which global musical diversity traces cultural and demographic history, however, is unresolved. Using ...
6 days ago · BUFFALO, N.Y. – A University at Buffalo psychologist is part of a global research team that has identified specific acoustic relationships that distinguish speech, song and instrumental music across cultures. The study published in the journal Science Advances, which involved experts in ethnomusicology, music psychology, linguistics and ...
5 days ago · Here, there are a few competing theories. Some researchers have hypothesized that music arose as a simple by-product of speech. Others have suggested that, like birdsong, it stemmed from sexual ...
4 days ago · The study published in the journal Science Advances, which involved experts in ethnomusicology, music psychology, linguistics and evolutionary biology, compared instrumental melodies along with songs, lyrics and speech in 55 languages. The findings provide an international perspective supporting ideas about how the world’s music and languages ...
All three hypothesized differences between song and speech (pitch height, temporal rate, and pitch stability) were confirmed: 2) Song is slower than speech: Same as H1, but for temporal rate [interonset interval (IOI) rate] instead of pitch height (f 0) 3) Song uses more stable pitches than speech
6 days ago · Among them were experts in ethnomusicology, music psychology, linguistics, and evolutionary biology. The researchers were asked to sing, perform instrumentals, recite lyrics and verbally describe ...
