tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post2675673328289088421..comments2024-03-27T23:06:03.736-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: "Women Prefer Complex Composers..."Bryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-9695182002353910172014-04-26T11:36:34.294-05:002014-04-26T11:36:34.294-05:00"Women go crazy for guys who write polyrhythm..."Women go crazy for guys who write polyrhythms--or use hexachordal combinatoriality!" It's like a musical version of "girls go for guys who know math."<br /><br />Some of this pseudo-science is just annoying, but this one is amusing.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-60927265305913796442014-04-26T11:17:37.374-05:002014-04-26T11:17:37.374-05:00Pseudoscience at best, waste of time and resources...Pseudoscience at best, waste of time and resources on something completely irrelevant and not useful to anyone at worst (although that could be a kind of definition of pseudoscience). What's the point even if it's true? And their idea of complexity is laughable, they could have chosen Cage, Carter, Stockhausen, Babbit etc. Or how about have them listen to a tone row "melody"?Rickardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08084578675339015204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-27474924396318206162014-04-26T08:27:23.398-05:002014-04-26T08:27:23.398-05:00Indeed, though I want to give the study some benef...Indeed, though I want to give the study some benefit of the doubt as I'm not fully acquainted with it. The reporter just flat out says that it's true, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-49685064008653250272014-04-26T07:56:48.536-05:002014-04-26T07:56:48.536-05:00I thought this one would amuse you!
Don't you...I thought this one would amuse you!<br /><br />Don't you think the "unfounded" part starts with the study itself, though? He says, "I provide the first, to my knowledge, empirical support for the sexual selection hypothesis of music evolution by showing that women have sexual preferences during peak conception times for men that are able to create more complex music."Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-71604861743002968752014-04-26T07:48:54.600-05:002014-04-26T07:48:54.600-05:00A seven chord mini-opus with syncopation??? Quick,...A seven chord mini-opus with syncopation??? Quick, somebody call Ferneyhough, he'll be all over this.<br /><br />In all seriousness, the study is subscription-only so I don't even have a chance to humor it. But the journalist report sure draws some unfounded conclusions from the study, doesn't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com