Here’s the proof.

🤓 Researchers examined a database of western popular music produced from 1955 to 2010.

They created an algorithm that examines changes of music over time.

Focused on 3 areas.

🎺Timbre – a proxy for richness & variety of instrumentation/sound 🎸🎹🎻🥁🎷

🎵 Pitch – tonal centers & chord progressions

🔊 Loudness

Takeaway: chord progressions are more predictable & timbral diversity is decreasing.

I’m not judging. I like a lot of pop music. I make pop music. Maybe I can work in some more trombones… 😮

Read the study ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gBYFNaaF