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[mob] [Fwd: Scientific musical composition yields worst. Song. Ever.
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Subject: [Boing Boing Blog] Scientific musical composition yields worst.
Song. Ever.
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 09:05:43 -0700
From: R. A. Hettinga <[email protected]>
To: Philodox Clips <[email protected]>
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From: "Cory Doctorow" <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 10:28:54 -0700
Subject: [Boing Boing Blog] Scientific musical composition yields worst.
Song. Ever.
Komar & Melamid, an artist duo, conducted a survey about what people
like about various kinds of art, including music,and then recorded "The
Most Wanted Song" and "The Most Unwanted Song," according to their
market research. I really like the sound of The Most Unwanted Song:
The most unwanted music is over 25 minutes long, veers wildly between
loud and quiet sections, between fast and slow tempos, and features
timbres of extremely high and low pitch, with each dichotomy presented
in abrupt transition. The most unwanted orchestra was determined to be
large, and features the accordion and bagpipe (which tie at 13% as the
most unwanted instrument), banjo, flute, tuba, harp, organ, synthesizer
(the only instrument that appears in both the most wanted and most
unwanted ensembles). An operatic soprano raps and sings atonal music,
advertising jingles, political slogans, and "elevator" music, and a
children's choir sings jingles and holiday songs. The most unwanted
subjects for lyrics are cowboys and holidays, and the most unwanted
listening circumstances are involuntary exposure to commericals and
elevator music. Therefore, it can be shown that if there is no
covariance--someone who dislikes bagpipes is as likely to hate elevator
music as someone who de! spises th
<http://www.diacenter.org/km/musiccd.html>Link
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