Funny, but I think they went a bit overboard in their musical analysis. There are so many instances of music throughout history using the same notes without any obvious intention to copy from one to the other. Here's a particularly funny example:
The guy who made the intel video is a retired prof of musicology, so that probably has something to do with the uber-analysis. We (V & I) actually tracked it down because of... well, the Windows "startup tune", and error sounds. In fact, V's exact question was: "I wonder if anyone has done a study on the use of suspended seconds in technology applications". So we found that. V's an IT guy with a music degree. Comes in handy at moments like these (and vuvuzelas are B-flat...)
You make a fair point, of course, most songs center around the 1st, 4th, and 5th notes of any given scale (or the chords built on those notes). And there's only so much you can do with that.
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The guy who made the intel video is a retired prof of musicology, so that probably has something to do with the uber-analysis. We (V & I) actually tracked it down because of... well, the Windows "startup tune", and error sounds. In fact, V's exact question was: "I wonder if anyone has done a study on the use of suspended seconds in technology applications". So we found that. V's an IT guy with a music degree. Comes in handy at moments like these (and vuvuzelas are B-flat...)
You make a fair point, of course, most songs center around the 1st, 4th, and 5th notes of any given scale (or the chords built on those notes). And there's only so much you can do with that.
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