Globally, songs and instrumental melodies are slower and higher and use more stable pitches than speech: A Registered Report.

Ozaki Y, Tierney A, Pfordresher PQ, McBride JM, Benetos E, Proutskova P, Chiba G, Liu F, Jacoby N, Purdy SC, Opondo P, Fitch WT, Hegde S, Rocamora M, Thorne R, Nweke F, Sadaphal DP, Sadaphal PM, Hadavi S, Fujii S, Choo S, Naruse M, Ehara U, Sy L, Parselelo ML, Anglada-Tort M, Hansen NC, Haiduk F, Færøvik U, Magalhães V, Krzyżanowski W, Shcherbakova O, Hereld D, Barbosa BS, Varella MAC, van Tongeren M, Dessiatnitchenko P, Zar SZ, El Kahla I, Muslu O, Troy J, Lomsadze T, Kurdova D, Tsope C, Fredriksson D, Arabadjiev A, Sarbah JP, Arhine A, Meachair TÓ, Silva-Zurita J, Soto-Silva I, Millalonco NEM, Ambrazevičius R, Loui P, Ravignani A, Jadoul Y, Larrouy-Maestri P, Bruder C, Teyxokawa TP, Kuikuro U, Natsitsabui R, Sagarzazu NB, Raviv L, Zeng M, Varnosfaderani SD, Gómez-Cañón JS, Kolff K, der Nederlanden CVB, Chhatwal M, David RM, Setiawan IPG, Lekakul G, Borsan VN, Nguqu N, Savage PE

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DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adm9797
Published: 2024 May 17
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@article{allodium:10.1126/sciadv.adm9797,
  title = {Globally, songs and instrumental melodies are slower and higher and use more stable pitches than speech: A Registered Report.},
  author = {Ozaki Y and Tierney A and Pfordresher PQ and McBride JM and Benetos E and Proutskova P and Chiba G and Liu F and Jacoby N and Purdy SC and Opondo P and Fitch WT and Hegde S and Rocamora M and Thorne R and Nweke F and Sadaphal DP and Sadaphal PM and Hadavi S and Fujii S and Choo S and Naruse M and Ehara U and Sy L and Parselelo ML and Anglada-Tort M and Hansen NC and Haiduk F and Færøvik U and Magalhães V and Krzyżanowski W and Shcherbakova O and Hereld D and Barbosa BS and Varella MAC and van Tongeren M and Dessiatnitchenko P and Zar SZ and El Kahla I and Muslu O and Troy J and Lomsadze T and Kurdova D and Tsope C and Fredriksson D and Arabadjiev A and Sarbah JP and Arhine A and Meachair TÓ and Silva-Zurita J and Soto-Silva I and Millalonco NEM and Ambrazevičius R and Loui P and Ravignani A and Jadoul Y and Larrouy-Maestri P and Bruder C and Teyxokawa TP and Kuikuro U and Natsitsabui R and Sagarzazu NB and Raviv L and Zeng M and Varnosfaderani SD and Gómez-Cañón JS and Kolff K and der Nederlanden CVB and Chhatwal M and David RM and Setiawan IPG and Lekakul G and Borsan VN and Nguqu N and Savage PE},
  year = {2024},
  journal = {Science advances},
  doi = {10.1126/sciadv.adm9797},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adm9797}
}

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AU  - Hegde S
AU  - Rocamora M
AU  - Thorne R
AU  - Nweke F
AU  - Sadaphal DP
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AU  - Fujii S
AU  - Choo S
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AU  - Færøvik U
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AU  - Shcherbakova O
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AU  - Barbosa BS
AU  - Varella MAC
AU  - van Tongeren M
AU  - Dessiatnitchenko P
AU  - Zar SZ
AU  - El Kahla I
AU  - Muslu O
AU  - Troy J
AU  - Lomsadze T
AU  - Kurdova D
AU  - Tsope C
AU  - Fredriksson D
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AU  - Sarbah JP
AU  - Arhine A
AU  - Meachair TÓ
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AU  - Millalonco NEM
AU  - Ambrazevičius R
AU  - Loui P
AU  - Ravignani A
AU  - Jadoul Y
AU  - Larrouy-Maestri P
AU  - Bruder C
AU  - Teyxokawa TP
AU  - Kuikuro U
AU  - Natsitsabui R
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AU  - Zeng M
AU  - Varnosfaderani SD
AU  - Gómez-Cañón JS
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Y, O., A, T., PQ, P., JM, M., E, B., P, P., G, C., F, L., N, J., SC, P., P, O., WT, F., S, H., M, R., R, T., F, N., DP, S., PM, S., S, H., S, F., S, C., M, N., U, E., L, S., ML, P., M, A., NC, H., F, H., U, F., V, M., W, K., O, S., D, H., BS, B., MAC, V., M, V. T., P, D., SZ, Z., I, E. K., O, M., J, T., T, L., D, K., C, T., D, F., A, A., JP, S., A, A., TÓ, M., J, S., I, S., NEM, M., R, A., P, L., A, R., Y, J., P, L., C, B., TP, T., U, K., R, N., NB, S., L, R., M, Z., SD, V., JS, G., K, K., CVB, D. N., M, C., RM, D., IPG, S., G, L., VN, B., N, N., & PE, S. (2024). Globally, songs and instrumental melodies are slower and higher and use more stable pitches than speech: A Registered Report.. Science advances. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adm9797

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