Surprising precision: Nearly half of "earworms" match original pitch perfectly
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A recent study found that a large portion of people’s sung earworms matched the pitch of the original songs exactly, adding new evidence that our brains may retain detailed musical information in ways we never realized.
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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/mvea on 2024-11-09 20:25:12+00:00.

Original Title: Earworms (involuntary musical memories) are widespread, affecting over 90% of people. Earworms may be stored more precisely in our brains than we think. Nearly half of the sung renditions matched the original pitch of the songs, challenging previous beliefs about limits of musical memory.