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Dynamic cluster structure and predictive modelling of music creation style distributions
Rajsuryan Singh1, Eita Nakamura2,3
1Music Technology Group, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona 08002, Spain.
Royal Society Open Science
|November 18, 2022
Summary
This study reveals that internal dynamics within music genres significantly drive cultural evolution and the creation of complex artifacts. Understanding these intra-cluster dynamics is key to predicting future music style distributions.
Area of Science:
- Computational Social Science
- Music Information Retrieval
- Cultural Evolution
Background:
- Music creation styles can be quantified using statistical properties of music data.
- The distribution of music creation styles often exhibits cluster structures linked to musical genres.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the dynamics of music creation style distributions for understanding cultural evolution.
- To identify patterns in the evolution of genre clusters within popular music.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of melody statistics in Japanese popular music.
- Analysis of audio features in American popular music.
- Statistical modeling and fitness-based evolutionary modeling.
Main Results:
- Both intra-cluster dynamics (contraction, shift) and inter-cluster dynamics (frequency changes) show distinct dynamical modes.
- Intra-cluster dynamics play a crucial role in music style evolution, often overlooked in prior research.
- Predictions of cluster frequencies and variances have comparable contributions to forecasting future style distributions.
Conclusions:
- Intra-cluster dynamics are highly relevant for understanding music style evolution and cultural change.
- The methodology can be extended to analyze other cultural artifacts with probabilistic generative processes.
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