{"id":246404,"date":"2024-07-22T18:56:40","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T18:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/22\/from-pearl-jam-to-dolly-parton-how-musicians-tempos-change-over-time\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:14:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:14:13","slug":"from-pearl-jam-to-dolly-parton-how-musicians-tempos-change-over-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/22\/from-pearl-jam-to-dolly-parton-how-musicians-tempos-change-over-time\/","title":{"rendered":"From Pearl Jam to Dolly Parton, how musicians&#8217; tempos change over time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"ArticleImage\">\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" alt=\"The band Pearl Jam playing in Barcelona, Spain, earlier this month\" 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1600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/18110626\/SEI_213191006.jpg?width=1674 1674w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/18110626\/SEI_213191006.jpg?width=1700 1700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/18110626\/SEI_213191006.jpg?width=1800 1800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/18110626\/SEI_213191006.jpg?width=1900 1900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/18110626\/SEI_213191006.jpg?width=2006 2006w\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-image-context=\"Article\" data-image-id=\"2440133\" data-caption=\"The band Pearl Jam playing in Barcelona earlier this month\" data-credit=\"Kike Rincon\/Europa Press via Getty Images\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImageCaption__CaptionWrapper\">\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Title\">The band Pearl Jam playing in Barcelona earlier this month<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Credit\">Kike Rincon\/Europa Press via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>The tempo of songs released by many popular musicians increases until they are in their early 30s and then steadily declines, falling below their teenage level when they reach their 50s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe saw this very clear downward trend,\u201d says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jyu.fi\/en\/people\/geoffrey-luck\">Geoff Luck<\/a> at the University of Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4 in Finland. \u201cWe are confident that tempo really does decline over the lifespan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The number of beats per minute, or the tempo, is a key property of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article-topic\/music\/\">music<\/a> that can be used to convey different emotions,\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a 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