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Bach, Mozart or jazz: Scientists provide a quantitative measure of variability in music pieces

Physicists at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPI-DS) have investigated to which extent a piece of music can evoke expectations about its progression. They were able to ...
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Students measure sound intensity levels for physics of music course

What are the loudest sounds at UB? Where are the university’s quietest spots? What unlikely noises here are around 60 decibels, the level typically associated with a normal conversation between two ...