A statistical study of inversions (slash chords) in popular music.
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A statistical study of inversions (slash chords) in popular music.

This article is Part 3 of a multipart series looking at the statistics gathered from 1300 choruses, verses, etc. of popular songs to discover the answer to some interesting questions about how popular music is structured. Click here to read Part 1. In this article, we’ll continue our exploration into the patterns evident in the…

Part 2: I analyzed the chords of 1300 popular songs for patterns. This is what I found.
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Part 2: I analyzed the chords of 1300 popular songs for patterns. This is what I found.

This article is Part 2 of a multipart series looking at the statistics gathered from 1300 choruses, verses, etc. of popular songs to discover the answer to some interesting questions about how popular music is structured. Click here to read Part 1. In Part 1, we used the database to learn what the most frequently…

I analyzed the chords of 1300 popular songs for patterns. This is what I found.
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I analyzed the chords of 1300 popular songs for patterns. This is what I found.

For many people, listening to music elicits such an emotional response that the idea of dredging it for statistics and structure can seem odd or even misguided. But knowing these patterns can give one a deeper more fundamental sense for how music works; for me this makes listening to music a lot more interesting. Of…

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