The Histogram of Music

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I've seen the sort of charts that you're describing where a piece of music is represented. And I'm wondering in here you talk about these histograms and identifying the mathematical patterns behind music. It made me think of what we were talking about earlier, this overlap in disciplines in information architecture. Things like research and semantic structuring, creating taxonomies can inform and experience.

Bob Kasenchak is a taxonomist and information architect at Factor. Bob’s background is in music, and this conversation delves into what information architects can learn from studying music. We recorded two conversations on the subject: this one focuses on the structure of music itself, and the second covers how we can make music more findable. Look for that one in an upcoming episode.

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