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Pat Savage
@PatrickESavage
Associate Professor @KeioSFC. Director: @Comp_Music_Lab. Music, science, evolution, cross-cultural diversity.
Jan 14, 2021 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
Why are sea shanties going viral on TikTok? A thread from the perspective of musicology / psychology / cultural evolution.
TL;DR: it's a perfect example of music's power to create social bonding in a time of social distancing. 1/10
theguardian.com/music/2021/jan… 1) Social bonding: We have argued that music likely evolved to help bring us together. Sea shanties are a classic example: the driving rhythms and repetitive refrains make them easy to sing in groups.

cambridge.org/core/journals/…
(non-paywalled version: psyarxiv.com/qp3st/) 2/10
Mar 7, 2020 • 10 tweets • 7 min read
Couldn't agree more. So I thought I'd try to do my part to #MakeMusicSciencePositiveAgain by compiling a thread of my recent tweets/retweets about positive things. I'd love to get more positive vibes from others feeling this way
(with apologies for some self-promotional content) 1. Loving the powerful women leading the way in our field!
(note 70% of @smpc leadership is female, including current President @LisaMargulis and President-Elect @NeuroBeats: musicperception.org/about-smpc.html)