The Entropy of K-Pop songs
Daeun Cheong, Jaewon Cheong, Mi Ju Kim, Jae Hee Park, and Jeong Mi Park

Proceedings of Bridges 2014: Mathematics, Music, Art, Architecture, Culture
Pages 479–480
Short Papers

Abstract

We compared the entropy of K-Pop songs with the entropy of American Pop songs. The results show that K-Pop songs tend to have lower entropy in respect of chords, tones, and rhythms, but have higher entropy in phrase. This implies that the uncertainty of K-Pop song is lower than that of American Pop songs.

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