Is music quality going down?

Due to the technology of compression, loudness is now being manipulated so that even the quietest parts of the song match the loudest parts, which actually create a very mumbled and muddled sound with less vibrancy and dynamics. So in conclusion, music now sounds all the same and the quality is drastically declining.

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Why is Music Literacy Important?

While reading this blog post, you may think: “Why is music literacy so important? Why does it matter if people do not learn how to read music?” Well, without music literacy, it is difficult to produce high quality music. Without knowing how to read music, musicians will find it challenging to write pieces that are intricate with detail, which leads to very little distinction in style and structure between songs. Due to the lack of music literacy, pieces become less defined and pieces have no choice but to become similar in style and form. This decline in quality of music has been scientifically proven by Joan Serra, a postdoctoral scholar at the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute of the Spanish National Research Council in Barcelona. In this study, 500,000 pieces of music published between the years 1955-2010 were compared through a set of complex algorithms. These algorithms focused on three different elements: Timbre: the sound color, texture, or tone quality of music Pitch: the harmonic content of the piece; including chords, melody, and tonal arrangements Loudness: volume variety, richness and depth of the music

Decline in Music Quality

The results of the study were alarming. The study revealed that timbral variety had gradually declined over time, meaning that more and more songs were becoming similar in timbral style. In other words, most songs sound the same. Researchers also noticed that pitch content had also decreased, which meant that number of chords and variety in melody were decreasing. Unlike, the levels of timbre and pitch diversities, loudness in music actually increased. Due to the technology of compression, loudness is now being manipulated so that even the quietest parts of the song match the loudest parts, which actually create a very mumbled and muddled sound with less vibrancy and dynamics. So in conclusion, music now sounds all the same and the quality is drastically declining. Another reason that results into all music sounding the same is the fact that music literacy is declining. Crazy how everything is interrelated huh? Less composers knowing how to read music results in less people being able to make high quality music, which then results in songs from the same music-literate composers being what we hear. This makes it inevitable for music to all sound the same, thus decreasing variety and quality in music.

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What is the IQ of Leonardo da Vinci?

Leonardo da Vinci A painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer, Leonardo da Vinci was perhaps the most diversely talented person to have ever lived. His estimated IQ scores range from 180 to 220 by different measures.

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American electrochemical engineer Libb Thims took an unorthodox approach when he set out to rank the smartest people of all time. Thims first compiled a list of people with IQ scores over 200 as a matter of curiosity. Anything over 130 is extremely high, though it should be noted that IQ tests are a highly imprecise and controversial measure. Later, Thims ranked everybody who had a strong aptitude, marked capacity, or heightened inclination in some area that coupled with their IQ would make them worthy of the title genius. Not wanting to exclude any geniuses who existed before IQ tests were invented, Thims referred to IQ ratings based on the Cox methodology, which predicts IQ based on how much people accomplished every 10 years of their lives. Thims then adjusted the IQ scores he thought were inaccurate by reading through many of the individuals' works to check for errors. Thims evaluated both IQ and accomplishments to rank the smartest people in history. Of course, this list is highly subjective and at times seemingly random. Still, we found it thoughtful enough to warrant a second look.

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