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The Star Spangled Banger!

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The Diva Score: Quantifying Extra-ness in National Anthem Performances

They introduce data journalists who have conducted a comprehensive study of contemporary performances of the National Anthem and have created a 'diva score' to quantify the distance between a given performance and a standard one. They explain the process of extracting pitch data and using dynamic time warping to compare and calculate the diva score.

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