Changing Use of Seventh Chords: A Replication of Mauch et al. (2015)

Changing Use of Seventh Chords: A Replication of Mauch et al. (2015)

Mauch, MacCallum, Levy, and Leroi (2015) carried out a large-scale study of changes in American popular music between 1960 and 2010. Using signal processing methods, they found evidence suggesting a decreasing use of the dominant seventh chord and increasing use of the minor-minor seventh chord. Whi...

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Main Author: Hubert Léveillé Gauvin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Ohio State University Libraries 2016-07-01
Series:Empirical Musicology Review
Subjects:
popular music
harmony
Billboard Hot 100
corpus study
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.18061/emr.v11i1.4949
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spelling doaj-18ba85de91d049fdb61e5417b92bf2052020-11-24T23:33:07ZengThe Ohio State University LibrariesEmpirical Musicology Review1559-57492016-07-0111110310710.18061/emr.v11i1.4949Changing Use of Seventh Chords: A Replication of Mauch et al. (2015)Hubert Léveillé Gauvin0School of Music, Ohio State UniversityMauch, MacCallum, Levy, and Leroi (2015) carried out a large-scale study of changes in American popular music between 1960 and 2010. Using signal processing methods, they found evidence suggesting a decreasing use of the dominant seventh chord and increasing use of the minor-minor seventh chord. While signal analysis methods have improved substantially in recent years, the accuracy of signal-based analysis remains imperfect. Using a contrasting method and independent musical sample, this paper reports converging evidence replicating these findings.https://doi.org/10.18061/emr.v11i1.4949popular musicharmonyBillboard Hot 100corpus study
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Changing Use of Seventh Chords: A Replication of Mauch et al. (2015)
Empirical Musicology Review
popular music
harmony
Billboard Hot 100
corpus study
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title Changing Use of Seventh Chords: A Replication of Mauch et al. (2015)
title_short Changing Use of Seventh Chords: A Replication of Mauch et al. (2015)
title_full Changing Use of Seventh Chords: A Replication of Mauch et al. (2015)
title_fullStr Changing Use of Seventh Chords: A Replication of Mauch et al. (2015)
title_full_unstemmed Changing Use of Seventh Chords: A Replication of Mauch et al. (2015)
title_sort changing use of seventh chords: a replication of mauch et al. (2015)
publisher The Ohio State University Libraries
series Empirical Musicology Review
issn 1559-5749
publishDate 2016-07-01
description Mauch, MacCallum, Levy, and Leroi (2015) carried out a large-scale study of changes in American popular music between 1960 and 2010. Using signal processing methods, they found evidence suggesting a decreasing use of the dominant seventh chord and increasing use of the minor-minor seventh chord. While signal analysis methods have improved substantially in recent years, the accuracy of signal-based analysis remains imperfect. Using a contrasting method and independent musical sample, this paper reports converging evidence replicating these findings.
topic popular music
harmony
Billboard Hot 100
corpus study
url https://doi.org/10.18061/emr.v11i1.4949
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