Explore Levitin’s groupings, and see some examples
SOME of the oldest known human artefacts are musical instruments. Indeed we have never known a human society that didn’t have music. And music lies at the core of our identity today, says Daniel J. Levitin, a music industry professional turned professor at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. At least 10 million songs have been recorded in modern times. Can this vast catalogue, which Levitin calls “the soundtrack of civilization”, be distilled? Not only does Levitin think it can, he says it’s simple. All of music, he says, can be grouped into…
