Mockingbird Song Decoded

In which we explain how the mockingbird structures his song, using techniques of timbre change, pitch change, stretch, and squeeze, and similar strategies in Tuvan throat singing, Beethoven, Broadway musicals and hip hop are compared. Released as a supplement to the paper “Mockingbird Morphing Music“ by Tina Roeske, David Rothenberg, and Dave Gammon, published in Frontiers in Psychology: Mockingbird song examples slowed and pitched down to make it easier for humans to hear them. Mockingbird footage from GoTrails and Stoil Ivanov.