Voss and Clarke

Voss extended this analysis other types of music, crossing cultural divides.

Here are the pitch power spectra for Here are the pitch power spectra for
    (a) Ba-Benzele Pygmie music
    (a) Medieval music,
    (b) Japanese traditional music,
    (b) Beethoven's third symphony,
    (c) Indian ragas,
    (c) Debussy piano pieces,
    (d) Russian folk songs, and
    (d) a composition of R. Strauss, and
    (e) American blues.
    (e) a comoposition by the Beatles.

Again, the 1/f match is quite good.

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