AT the Society of Arts yesterday, Sir F. Abel, C.B., F.R.S., Chairman of the Council, in the chair, Mr. Alexander J. Ellis, F.R.S., read a paper on “The Musical ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - For singers and their audiences, being "in tune" might not be as important as we think. The fact that singers fail to consistently hit the right notes may have implications for the ...

A crucial link between mathematics and music is nicely illustrated by the Tonnetz, a geometric diagram representing the harmonic relationships between the notes of the musical scale. An early version ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Put basically, if you restrict all the notes you play to that specific selection of seven - that ...

Key universal features in world music may have their roots in the ever-present sound of the human voice during the course of evolution, suggests a new study. The analysis of thousands of recorded ...