243 citations · 484 across the 2 of their papers we have counts for
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cs.CL2017★ 243 cited
The Minor Fall, the Major Lift: Inferring Emotional Valence of Musical Chords through Lyrics
Artemy Kolchinsky, Nakul Dhande, Kengjeun Park +1
We investigate the association between musical chords and lyrics by analyzing a large dataset of user-contributed guitar tablatures. Motivated by the idea that the emotional conten…
physics.soc-ph2015★ 241 cited
The Evolution of Popular Music: USA 1960-2010
Matthias Mauch, Robert M. MacCallum, Mark Levy +1
In modern societies, cultural change seems ceaseless. The flux of fashion is especially obvious for popular music. While much has been written about the origin and evolution of pop…