Scientists say changes since 1950 could partly be due to new genres such as stadium rock, disco and hip-hop “Won’t you play a simple melody,” sang Bing Crosby in his rendition of the Irving Berlin ...

Computational musicologists at Queen Mary University of London have conducted a study of modern melodies and found them lacking a certain complexity present in older music. The study was published on ...

Background music from games is being reborn as pieces played on the piano, guitar, and recorder. This trend stems from an increasing number of users who enjoy familiar melodies even when away from ...

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