Are acoustic features of music and spoken language shared across cultures? Researchers recorded themselves performing traditional music and speaking in their native language. In all 50+ languages, the rhythms of songs and instrumental melodies were slower than those of speech, while the pitches were higher and more stable.
Language and music may share evolutionary functions. Both speech and song have features such as rhythm and pitch. But are similarities and differences between speech and song shared across cultures?
MPI's Limor Raviv, co-author on the study, recorded the Hebrew song 'Yerushalayim Shel Zahav'. Fellow author Andrea Ravignani from the MPI recorded the Italian song 'Bella Ciao', playing the saxophone. The collection also featured the Dutch songs 'Hoor de wind waait' and 'Dikkertje Dap'.
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