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What can we deduce from hearing less than 1 second of music? Learn how accurately listeners can identify music genres from excerpts that are less than a quarter of a second long, and see how your brain does in a mini version of the experimental task. Our takeaways include how these sophisticated, split-second associations to music sometimes work against our better judgment.
References
- Mace, S.T., Wagoner, C.L., Teachout, D.J., & Hodges, D.A. (2012). Genre identification of very brief musical excerpts. Psychology of Music, 40(1), 112-128. https://doi.org/10.1177/0305735610391347
Song Excerpts
- Classical: Adagio for Strings (Barber), The Planets, Op. 32: IV (Holst), Trois Gymnopedies: I (Satie)
- Country: All I Want to Do (Sugarland), Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (Kenny Chesney),
- Jazz: In the Mood (Glenn Miller), Take Five (Dave Brubeck), So What (Miles Davis)
- Metal: Troops of Doom (Sepultura), Madhouse (Anthrax)
- Hip-hop: Whatever You Like (T.I.), What Them Girls Like (Ludacris), Got Money (Lil Wayne & T-Pain)
Resources
Chapters
1. Introduction (00:00:00)
2. Can you name this tune? (00:01:31)
3. Fast vs. slow auditory processing (00:04:04)
4. Overview of the experiment (00:07:08)
5. Try out the listening task (00:09:13)
6. How accurately did participants identify the music genres? (00:14:29)
7. Interactions with gender and formal music training (00:16:40)
8. Takeaways for social media scrolling (00:20:09)
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