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melodic originality: a standalone construct

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melodicoriginality1 CONSTRUCTMelodic originalitySIMONTON · CREATIVITY RESEARCH

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Creativity research

how statistically unusual a composer's melodic theme is relative to the repertoire, which relates in a curvilinear way to the theme's fame.

In creativity research, melodic originality refers to how statistically unusual a composer's melodic theme is relative to the repertoire, which relates in a curvilinear way to the theme's fame. This meaning comes from Simonton (1980) in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.[1]

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  1. Simonton, D. K. (1980). Thematic fame, melodic originality, and musical zeitgeist: A biographical and transhistorical content analysis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 38(6), 972-983. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.38.6.972

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