When two notes are an octave apart, one has double the frequency of the other yet we perceive them as being the same note – a “C” for example. Why is this? Readers give their take This question has a ...

Previous correspondence on this topic refers to the different patterns of overtones that enable us to distinguish one instrument from another. This isn’t the only factor involved. Many years ago when ...

It's very simple to join one chord to the next in the context of a chord progression, and one of the tools in your armoury ...

PUSHING MUSIC TECHNOLOGY FORWARD: The three-man Evil Note Lab (from left, Phill Bronson, Ben Hovey and Derrick Johnson) combines Ableton Live sequencing software and other instruments to create an ...

The kall, according to researchers, is a stabilizing and universal resonance, perceived when sound surpasses the repetition of the seven conventional notes and blends with natural harmonics. “It is a ...