Electronic dance music (EDM) exhibits a hierarchical structure also found in comics/cartoons! Out now in Musicae Scientiae🧪https://ling.auf.net/lingbuzz/008866 thread below:
May 5, 2025 10:30EDM is produced electronically with the aim to encourage dancing. It is a type of music that encompasses a range of genres, such as house, techno, trance, garage, dubstep, hardstyle, or drum’n’bass. /1
We argue: EDM tracks exhibit a structural organization centered around the core sections—parts of tracks in which the main groove is maintained and the bass line and bass drum are present. Core sections are typically preceded by a buildup that culminates in the Drop. /2
EDM syntax shows that similar cognitive principles are at play in two different modalities, audio (EDM) and visual (comics), allowing for one-to-one mappings between visual categories and EDM categories. /3
Joint work with Ragnhild Solberg, Jonah Katz, Mai Ha Vu, Alexander Jensenius and Patrick Grosz. /4
