[xavriley]

Someone in my PhD lab looked at this and commented that they weren’t that impressed. The authors didn’t account for the fact that ballads and uptempo numbers have vastly different swing ratios (in both cases practically straight) which skews the results. I think rhythmic phenomena and perception are worthy of study but this isn’t a great example imo

[kmoser]

From the article: "A quadratic fit to the data (gray line) as an indicator of preferential swing ratios reveals an increasing trend as a function of tempo up to 160 bpm and a decreasing trend above 160 bpm."