It would be very interesting for someone to do an analysis of current pop songs in terms of melody. I agree with Mike that there are only so many short melodies that are possible. From my limited perspective of tween pop songs, the melodies are quite simple - as is the music in most instances. It is a great surprise to me how simple the music is for most of the current tween pop hits. Listening to the music tracks for the recent songs by Miley Cyrus, Vanessa Hudgens, Emile Osment and Salena Gomez, it is remarkable how simple the music is.

Tom


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