The Palladio app provides insightful data based on our class’ quiz results from our song choices. I like how the app maps out the different song choices and the connections between everyone, as well as the frequency each particular song was chosen. It’s informative to see how similarly and different we chose the songs. Evidently, we do not have each others’ written responses to provide reasons for our given choices, so there will be some assumptions made throughout this assignment when interpreting the data. I have included a screenshot of the groupings, so that it can be easily referred to throughout this assignment. An implication that I would like to note is the initial layout of the grouping dots. For some of the groupings, the way that the dots are laid out can be deceiving at first glance. For example, in the last grouping, there were lots of outliers between the three people and I initially thought that there would not be a lot of connections between the individuals. However, upon further inspection, that group turned out to have the most commonalities. Here are my reflections on the visualizations in each group.

 

Modularity Class 2

The two songs that all the participants chose in this group were Track 20: Night Chant and Track 25: Jaat Kahan Ho. This group included the largest number of people. With five people in this group, the probability of having common songs chosen by all five is lower than the other groups, which include three people. Track 20 may have been chosen to represent an Indigenous group in North America. Track 25 is from India, which may have been chosen to represent music from one of the most populated areas on our planet. Other than Track 18, there are not any other classical pieces chosen. This may have been a common decision to choose songs to represent people and not time periods.

 

Modularity Class 1

This group consisted of three individuals, where Track 20: Night Chant and Track 26: Dark was the Night was chosen by all three. Similarly to the previous group, a lot of songs were chosen from different countries. However Track 26 may have been chosen to represent an era that the individuals thought were significant.

 

Modularity Class 3

From this group of three individuals, Track 6: El Cascabel, Track 7: Johnny B. Goode, Track 13: Panpipes and Drum (Peru), and Track 18: Fifth Symphony (First Movement) were chosen by all three. In this group, the common songs have a variety of different time periods present with classical, rock, and music from Spanish speaking countries. People in this group could have backgrounds or ties to Spanish or Spanish speaking countries, and wanted Track 6/7 to be representative of themselves. Similarly to the previous two groups, other than Track 18, any classical songs are seen as outliers in this group. 

 

Modularity Class 4

This group of three individuals all chose Track 14: Melancholy Blues  and Track 21: Fairie Round. This is the only group that has only time period specific songs chosen by all three individuals. However, there are other country specific songs chosen by two members and not all three.

 

Modularity Class 0

This group had the most common songs chosen by all three participants including Track 9: Tsuru No Sugomori (Crane’s Nest), Track 15: Bagpipes (Azerbaijan), Track 18: Fifth Symphony (First Movement), Track 20: Night Chant, and Track 24: Flowing Streams. This group was interesting as there were lots of outliers, but the similar songs chosen were common between all three individuals. I am in this group, so I can speak to my own choices. As the podcast mentioned, the purpose of the record wasn’t to put great music on it, as there is great music that comes out year to year. The intention for the songs was to include music from all around the world so that it provides a snapshot of music from earth. The songs chosen in this group has a balance between worldwide music and music from different eras.