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Smithsonian Magazine: Scientists Show Humans May Share a ‘Musical Grammar’

Submitted by Humanities Web Project on November 26, 2019 - 4:00pm
  • Via Getty: "A group of young women in traditional costumes play Galician music with bagpipes, tambourines and drum in the historic center during the San Froilan festivities on October 6, 2019 in Lugo, Galicia, Spain." ( Xurxo Lobato/Getty Images)
    Via Getty: "A group of young women in traditional costumes play Galician music with bagpipes, tambourines and drum in the historic center during the San Froilan festivities on October 6, 2019 in Lugo, Galicia, Spain." ( Xurxo Lobato/Getty Images)

Ethnomusicology Professor Shannon Dudley discusses the "musical grammar" of a song in this article published in the Nov. 2019 Smithsonian Magazine.

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