Tradition and evolution in song style: a reanalysis of cantometric data

There is a relationship between melodic ornamentation and sociocomplexity.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Multivariate factor analysis (Principal components solution; Diagonal factoring) and Multiple Regression Analysis	Not Supported	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Lomax, Alan	1968	Social complexity is positively associated with the following characteristics of song styles: wordiness, precision of articulation, explicitness, and narrow melodic intervals (128-137).	Supported	6	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Mehr, Samuel A.	2019	A song's melodic complexity predicts its context.	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Lomax, Alan	1968	"Increasing complexity tends to normalize voice qualities. . . . Nasalized tone and narrow . . . tone . . . [have a strong] negative relationship to good vocal blend" (193)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Lomax, Alan	1968	"Game producers, irrigationists, and nomadic pastoralists seldom sing cohesively. Some incipient producers, collectors, and plow agriculturalists employ good blend some of the time. The gardeners . . . usually sing cohesively" (176)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Lomax, Alan	1968	"Mean number of instrument types per style sample appears as a correlate of social stratification" (155).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author