I can immediately hear those tunes in my head when I see the intervals- especially the 1 6 4 5...of course the 1 4 5 is every blues song ever pretty much- or at least it’s the base of most blues songs.
Interesting article.
“Oh where oh where can my baby be...
yep, only so many ways to arrange 12 different tones, and looking at the modes only about 7 of them really sound good together. So most songs are not very original. I suspect all interval progressions may exist in the public domain from classical music, but perhaps not.
Oh I’m sure they do in some capacity. Interesting how music works out so mathematically yet expressively.