Music a universal language? Not quite

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While music is often touted as the “universal language of mankind” it turns out that isn’t quite true.  An analysis of more than 300 music recordings from across the globe shows there is in fact no “absolute” commonality that binds all styles of music together. However, lead author Patrick Savage has found “statistical universals” — features such as pitch, rhythm and even aspects involving social interaction — exist across many styles of music.

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