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 development of ...

The mathematical rules for creating musical harmony may be more malleable than thought. Western music theory traditionally holds that chords sound most pleasant when they contain notes separated by ...

Almost every song you hear has a chord progression. This forms the harmonic content of the song, and is often what gives a song its emotional impact. But what about the melody? The notes of the melody ...

The flutelike song of the hermit thrush (Catharus guttatus), a common North American bird renowned for its musicality, shares several characteristics with human music. The study, published in ...

This post concludes the three-part survey of musical embodiment—the idea that music isn’t just a mental experience but one that involves our entire body, and how this physical connection shapes our ...