Jazz and Classical Music Structures Now Resemble Simpler Genres; Does This Imply a ‘Cultural Gray-Out’?

A mathematical study conducted at Viterbo, Italy’s University of Tuscia has found evidence that jazz and classical music structures have become simpler over time. The analysis, published on April 23 in Scientific Reports, pulled data from songs across six genres. Niccolò Di Marco, a computational social scientist at the university, then studied patterns in melodies, […] The post Jazz and Classical Music Structures Now Resemble Simpler Genres; Does This Imply a ‘Cultural Gray-Out’? appeared first on VICE .

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