Global musical diversity is largely independent of linguistic and genetic histories

Nature Communications • Vol/Iss. 15 (3964) • Springer Nature • • Published In • Pages: 1-12 •
By Passmore, Sam, Wood, Anna L. C., Barbieri, Chiara , Shilton, Dor , Daikoku, Hideo , Atkinson, Quentin D. , Savage, Patrick E.

Hypothesis

Musical traditions will display tree-like (vertically transmitted) structures, but also evidence of horizontal diffusion (borrowing across groups).

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Delta scoreSupportedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Society/language groupingsIndependentNONE
Musical variationDependentMusic