Ozaki, YutoTierney, AdamPfordresher, PeterMcbride, JohnBenetos, EmmanouilProutskova, PolinaChiba, GakutoLiu, FangJacoby, NoriPurdy, SuzanneOpondo, PatriciaFitch, TecumsehHegde, ShantalaRocamora, MartínThorne, RobNweke, Florence EwomazinoSadaphal, DhwaniSadaphal, ParimalHadavi, ShafaghFujii, ShinyaChoo, SangbuemNaruse, MarinEhara, UtaeSy, LatyrParselelo, Mark LeniniAnglada-Tort, ManuelHansen, Niels ChrHaiduk, FelixFærøvik, UlvhildMagalhães, VioletaKrzyżanowski, WojciechShcherbakova, OlenaHereld, DianaBarbosa, Brenda SuyanneVarella, Marco Antonio Correavan Tongeren, MarkDessiatnitchenko, PolinaZar, Su ZarKahla, Iyadh ElMuslu, OlcayTroy, JakelinLomsadze, TeonaKurdova, DilyanaCristianoTsopeFredriksson, DanielArabadjiev, AleksandarSarbah, Jehoshaphat PhilipArhine, AdwoaMeachair, TadhgSilva-Zurita, JavierSoto-Silva, IgnacioMillalonco, Neddiel Elcie MuñozAmbrazevičius, RytisLoui, PsycheRavignani, AndreaJadoul, YannickLarrouy-Maestri, PaulineBruder, CamilaTeyxokawa, Tutushamum PuriKuikuro, UriseNatsitsabui, RogerdisonSagarzazu, Nerea BelloRaviv, LimorZeng, MinyuVarnosfaderani, Shahaboddin DabaghiGómez-Cañón, Juan SebastiánKolff, Kaylader Nederlanden, ChristinaChhatwal, MeyhaDavid, Ryan MarkSetiawan, Putu GedeLekakul, GreatBorsan, Vanessa NinaNguqu, NozukoSavage, Patrick2025-03-122025-03-122022(2022) PsyArXivhttps://hdl.handle.net/2292/71689<p>Both music and language are found in all known human societies, yet no studies have compared similarities and differences between song, speech, and instrumental music on a global scale. In this Registered Report, we analyzed two global datasets: 1) 300 annotated audio recordings representing matched sets of traditional songs, recited lyrics, conversational speech, and instrumental melodies from our 75 coauthors speaking 55 languages; and 2) 418 previously published adult-directed song and speech recordings from 209 individuals speaking 16 languages. Of our six pre-registered predictions, five were strongly supported: relative to speech, songs use 1) higher pitch, 2) slower temporal rate, and 3) more stable pitches, while both songs and speech used similar 4) pitch interval size, and 5) timbral brightness. Exploratory analyses suggest that features vary along a “musi-linguistic” continuum when including instrumental melodies and recited lyrics. Our study provides strong empirical evidence of cross-cultural regularities in music and speech.</p>Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm47 Language, Communication and Culture3603 Music36 Creative Arts and WritingPreprint10.31234/osf.io/jr9x7Copyright: The authorsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Internationalhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/