Group singing is globally dominant and associated with social context DOI Open Access
Dor Shilton, Sam Passmore, Patrick E. Savage

et al.

Published: Nov. 24, 2022

Music is an interactive technology associated with religious and communal activities was suggested to have evolved as a participatory activity supporting social bonding. In post-industrial societies, however, music’s role eclipsed by its relatively passive consumption audiences disconnected from performers. It that societies became larger more differentiated, music less focused on solo singing. Here, we consider the prevalence of group singing relationship organization through analysis two global song corpora: 5,776 coded audio recordings 1,024 4,709 ethnographic texts 60 societies. both corpora, find common than singing, it likely in some contexts (e.g. rituals, dance) others healing, infant care). contrast, relationships between structure (community size or differentiation) were not consistent within corpora. While cannot exclude possibility sampling bias leading systematic under-sampling our results large corpora different data types provide support for nature complex sociality.

Language: Английский

The Global Jukebox: A public database of performing arts and culture DOI Creative Commons

Anna L. Wood,

Kathryn R. Kirby, Carol R. Ember

et al.

PLoS ONE, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 17(11), P. e0275469 - e0275469

Published: Nov. 2, 2022

Standardized cross-cultural databases of the arts are critical to a balanced scientific understanding performing arts, and their role in other domains human society. This paper introduces Global Jukebox as resource for comparative study culture. The adds an extensive detailed global database that enlarges our cultural diversity. Initially prototyped by Alan Lomax 1980s, its core is Cantometrics dataset, encompassing standardized codings on 37 aspects musical style 5,776 traditional songs from 1,026 societies. dataset has been cleaned checked reliability accuracy, includes full coding guide with audio training examples ( https://theglobaljukebox.org/?songsofearth ). Also being released seven additional datasets describing instrumentation, conversation, popular music, vowel consonant placement, breath management, social factors, For first time, all digitized data made available open-access, downloadable format https://github.com/theglobaljukebox ), linked streaming recordings (theglobaljukebox.org) maximum extent allowed while respecting copyright wishes culture-bearers. cross-indexed Database Peoples, Languages, Cultures (D-PLACE) allow researchers test hypotheses about worldwide coevolution aesthetic patterns traditions. As example, we analyze relationship between song societal complexity, showing they robustly related, contrast previous critiques claiming these proposed relationships were artifact autocorrelation (though causal mechanisms remain unresolved).

Language: Английский

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Group singing is globally dominant and associated with social context DOI Creative Commons
Dor Shilton, Sam Passmore, Patrick E. Savage

et al.

Royal Society Open Science, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 10(9)

Published: Sept. 1, 2023

Music is an interactive technology associated with religious and communal activities was suggested to have evolved as a participatory activity supporting social bonding. In post-industrial societies, however, music's role eclipsed by its relatively passive consumption audiences disconnected from performers. It that societies became larger more differentiated, music less focused on solo singing. Here, we consider the prevalence of group singing relationship organization through analysis two global song corpora: 5776 coded audio recordings 1024 4709 ethnographic texts 60 societies. both corpora, find common than singing, it likely in some contexts (e.g. rituals, dance) others healing, infant care). contrast, relationships between structure (community size or differentiation) were not consistent within corpora. While cannot exclude possibility sampling bias leading systematic under-sampling our results large corpora different data types provide support for nature complex sociality.

Language: Английский

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An overview of cross-cultural music corpus studies DOI
Patrick E. Savage

Published: Feb. 21, 2018

The past few decades have seen a rapid increase in the availability and use of large music corpora. However, most corpus studies remain limited to Western music, limiting our ability understand diversity unity human throughout world. I argue for potential cross-cultural contribute comparative musicological domains including classification, evolution, universals, history. highlight discuss number important corpora, Berlin Phonogramm-Archiv, CompMusic Project, Essen Folksong Collection, Cantometrics Garland Encyclopedia World Music, Natural History Song, Deep Music projects. In process, pros cons notation vs. recordings, automatic manual analysis, regional global associated challenges regarding choosing appropriate analysis methods that can allow meaningful comparison across cultures. need bigger better corpora more emphasis on integration within beyond academia, such as industry cultural heritage organizations.

Language: Английский

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10
The Global Jukebox: A public database of performing arts and culture DOI Open Access

Anna L. Wood,

Kathryn R. Kirby, Carol R. Ember

et al.

Published: May 13, 2021

Standardized cross-cultural databases of the arts are critical to a balanced scientific understanding performing arts, and their role in other domains human society. This paper introduces Global Jukebox as resource for comparative study culture. The adds an extensive detailed global database that enlarges our cultural diversity. Initially prototyped by Alan Lomax 1980s, its core is Cantometrics dataset, encompassing standardized codings on 37 aspects musical style 5,776 traditional songs from 1,026 societies. dataset has been cleaned checked reliability accuracy, includes full coding guide with audio training examples (https://theglobaljukebox.org/?songsofearth). Also being released seven additional datasets describing instrumentation, conversation, popular music, vowel consonant placement, breath management, social factors, For first time, all digitized data made available open-access, downloadable format (https://github.com/theglobaljukebox), linked streaming recordings (theglobaljukebox.org) maximum extent allowed while respecting copyright wishes culture-bearers. cross-indexed Database Peoples, Languages, Cultures (D-PLACE) allow researchers test hypotheses about worldwide coevolution aesthetic patterns traditions. As example, we analyze relationship between song societal complexity, showing they robustly related, contrast previous critiques claiming these proposed relationships were artifact autocorrelation (though causal mechanisms remain unresolved).

Language: Английский

Citations

8
Lithuanian polyphonic songs sutartinės: the archaic nature of their musical language in the context of global music DOI Creative Commons

Eirimas Velička

Frontiers in Psychology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15

Published: Feb. 22, 2024

Lithuanian traditional polyphonic songs, known as sutartinės , are characterized by a distinctive musical language and have almost no analogues in world music. The aim of this article is to explore the peculiarities their socio-cultural context performance tradition order reveal archaic origins. nature songs shown not individual features language, but totality these features, poetics, traditions. An examination elements poetry juxtaposition against examples vocal polyphony from other cultures, leads convergence arguments favour very ancient origins possibly dating back Old Europe (c. 3 millennium BC). A deeper insight into significantly enriches our understanding origin development polyphony.

Language: Английский

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Ethical research requires ethical citation practices: Public peer review of Sauvé & Bhachu (2023) “Let’s talk about it: Positivism and critical theory in dialogue” DOI Open Access
Patrick E. Savage

Published: March 28, 2024

This preprint is a public version of my peer review this preprint, modified slightly to anonymize the name journal that requested review. I am posting it as part commitment making reviews much possible. appreciate chance provocative manuscript [Sauvé & Bhachu, 2023]. I’m sympathetic authors’ goals (and have cited related paper by first author). But must be blunt: can’t imagine getting published in peer-reviewed scientific anything like it’s present form. So unfortunately recommend rejection, while encouraging authors either fundamentally rewrite their (valuable) ideas or submit more suitable publication outlet.

Language: Английский

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Group singing is globally dominant and associated with social context DOI Open Access
Dor Shilton, Sam Passmore, Patrick E. Savage

et al.

Published: Nov. 24, 2022

Music is an interactive technology associated with religious and communal activities was suggested to have evolved as a participatory activity supporting social bonding. In post-industrial societies, however, music’s role eclipsed by its relatively passive consumption audiences disconnected from performers. It that societies became larger more differentiated, music less focused on solo singing. Here, we consider the prevalence of group singing relationship organization through analysis two global song corpora: 5,776 coded audio recordings 1,024 4,709 ethnographic texts 60 societies. both corpora, find common than singing, it likely in some contexts (e.g. rituals, dance) others healing, infant care). contrast, relationships between structure (community size or differentiation) were not consistent within corpora. While cannot exclude possibility sampling bias leading systematic under-sampling our results large corpora different data types provide support for nature complex sociality.

Language: Английский

Citations

2