His task has been to show how the present system of musical notation has been perfected after centuries of laborious effort and blind groping; how the notation of music has gone hand in hand with ...

We all know about rhythm in music: Just count to four. Accent the second and fourth beats, bob your head in time and shake those shoulders. If it’s in three beats, start waltzing. Simple, right? Well, ...

Music Theory 101 is a free and interactive resource that takes the subject back to first principles, so you get explainers on notes, scales, intervals, chords, chord progressions, rhythm and musical ...

Many songs can be recognised by hearing the rhythm alone. Artists such as Bo Diddley can even make a rhythm their musical signature, while Steve Lukather has created memorable rhythmic parts that ...

Unlike standard musical notation, bass tabs use a simple visual representation to indicate where a bassist should play each note on the fretboard.

In practical terms, it can be as simple as just deleting a note or two from a sequence, as unless you’re going to print out ...

Some animals seem to appreciate music. What does that mean for human evolution? The ability to keep a beat was once thought to be uniquely human. Some animals are suggesting otherwise ...

“They drum with rhythm, as opposed to randomly, and they use a typical rhythm observed across musical cultures called isochrony, consisting of hits that are regularly spaced, like the ticking of ...

Phoenix music fans have saved the Rhythm Room, whose owner Bob Corritore needed money for a sudden repair expense that could have shut the club down.

Researchers have found regular musical rhythms can help children with speech and language-processing difficulties, and even those without them.

Lemur calls have a rhythm that may explain how humans evolved singing and music, study finds A lemur species known as the indri makes peculiar sounds that have surprising implications for human ...

The same musical talent that defined Rudy Mancuso’s popular Vines flows through his charming debut Música, about a man who finds rhythm everywhere.