tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post766315279470827028..comments2024-03-27T23:06:03.736-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: Catchy Pop Songs?Bryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-6966401147438967022013-09-03T14:41:21.460-05:002013-09-03T14:41:21.460-05:00I found so much else to comment on that I never go...I found so much else to comment on that I never got to those silly musical descriptions. Thanks for the assist! "Long and detailed musical phrases" is one of those expressions that sounds like it might mean something, but of course it means absolutely nothing. <br /><br />What strange times we live in when you can get a doctorate in "the scientific study of music" and know very little about music.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-55144048045239975862013-09-03T10:16:34.562-05:002013-09-03T10:16:34.562-05:00I agree with you. Doesn't sound much like a pr...I agree with you. Doesn't sound much like a proper scientific study considering the lack of data. One important thing in science is that (as far as I know) the experiments should be described so well that someone else can redo the experiment. I study electrical engineering and I doubt a study with this little data would be taken seriously if it would be about an area of physics or engineering. It would be like "we measured this and this but we can't tell you how exactly we did it but here are the results". Besides it's another one of those experiments where scientists with little musical knowledge come to obvious conclusions like "long and detailed musical phrases, multiple pitch changes in a song’s ‘hook’". And what do they mean by multiple pitch changes? To reverse the question why would anyone sing the same note over and over again as a 'hook'?Rickardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08084578675339015204noreply@blogger.com