MUSIC - Lecture will explore what makes humans musical

How did humans come to be musical creatures?  What are the relations in deep history between musical capacities and other characteristic capacities of modern Homo sapiens? These are among the questions that will be addressed by Yale musicologist Gary Tomlinson in the next In the Company of Scholars lecture on Wednesday, April 14 ...

http://news.yale.edu/2014/04/10/lecture-will-explore-what-makes-humans

MUSIC - The Importance of Drums to Native American Cultures (Videos)

Sissy Goodhouse discusses drumming among the Lakota people  If you have ever visited an Indian reservation, you have likely heard the beautiful melody of an Indian drum. Song and dance is heavily woven into Indian tradition. To produce such harmonic sounds, Indians rely on an assortment of musical instruments. The instrument that produces the most powerful sound is the Indian drum.The style of Indian drums varies. Each Indian tribe designs drums ...

http://www.whitewolfpack.com/2014/04/the-importance-of-drums-to-native

MUSIC - Arts | Long Island: Long Island Guitar Festival at L.I.U. Post in Brookville

A guitar festival from April 2 to April 6 at L.I.U. Post in Brookville includes both homegrown musicians and talents from across the world.    ...

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/30/nyregion/long-island-guitar-festival

MUSIC - Greater music dynamics in shoebox-shaped concert halls

Researchers in Finland have found that music is perceived to have greater dynamic range in rectangular, shoebox shaped concert halls than in other types of halls ...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140303143407.ht

MUSIC - World-class orchestras judged by sight not sound

World-class orchestras can be accurately identified by silent video footage of performances, but not through sound recordings, a new study has found ...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140303083917.ht

MUSIC - 'Beautiful but sad' music can help people feel better

New research from psychologists at the universities of Kent and Limerick has found that music that is felt to be 'beautiful but sad' can help people feel better when they're feeling blue ...

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-02-beautiful-sad-music-people.htm

MUSIC - A musician tackles his anxiety by arguing with his own subsconscious

Tom Moody is a musician struggling to find the confidence to sing. He'll have to take a surreal journey into his own mind and argue with himself and his memories of the past.Read more...    ...

http://io9.com/a-musician-tackles-his-anxiety-by-arguing-with-his-own-

MUSIC - From music to medicine

The analytical tool was developed to analyse how we move to music. Now, it may also provide answers to the risk of premature babies developing cerebral palsy ...

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-02-music-medicine.htm

MUSIC - Turn Eggplant, Saucer, or Anything Into An Instrument

Attach this customizable synthesizer to any material and make music with your fingers or mouth. Continue reading ...

http://news.discovery.com/tech/gear-and-gadgets/turn-eggplant-saucer-a

MUSIC - Study reveals methods used by musicians to stay in tempo with each other

(Phys.org) —A team of researchers with members from the U.K. and Germany has found that musicians playing in a string quartet keep time with one another in two distinctly different ways. One, way, the team explains in their paper published in Journal of the Royal Society: Interface, is to play follow-the-leader—everyone adjusts their tempo to one leader. The other way is far more democratic—all of the players constantly change their tempo to keep ...

http://phys.org/news/2014-01-reveals-methods-musicians-tempo.htm

MUSIC - Music Therapy May Help Teens With Cancer Cope

Writing lyrics, making videos helped them get through grueling treatment, connect with others, study foun ...

http://www.webmd.com/cancer/news/20140127/music-therapy-may-help-teens

MUSIC - Music Customized For Your Heartbeat

Streaming music services could match your tunes to your heart rate. Continue reading ...

http://news.discovery.com/tech/gear-and-gadgets/music-customized-for-y

MUSIC - Why music might seem to slow down when you yawn

Some people have noticed that when they're listening to music through headphones and they yawn, the music slows way down. This might be due to a little thing called chronostasis.Read more...    ...

http://io9.com/why-music-might-seem-to-slow-down-when-you-yawn-1506357

MUSIC - Beats Music builds a unique, if messy, listening experience around emotion

The Beats empire has officially expanded beyond its humble headphone roots. In just a few hours Beats Music will officially launch, the latest contestant for your streaming music dollar. Of course, the market for such services is already pretty .. ...

http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/20/beats-music/?ncid=rss_truncate

MUSIC - Composer makes great music using only his bike as an instrument (video)

This man turns everyday objects into musical instruments and builds songs from the various sounds that he extracts from those improved instruments ...

http://www.treehugger.com/bikes/composer-makes-music-using-only-his-bi

MUSIC - Geometry of Music: Tri-Tone Duality of Music

Geometry of Music: Tri-Tone Duality of Music

There is a primary relationship in music (and therefore all sonic phenomena) called the tri-tone, wherein two notes are opposite each other within the 12-tone music scale. There are six pairs of these tri-tone notes altogether.
http://cosmometry.net/tri-tone-duality-of-music

http://sitsshow.blogspot.com/2014/01/geometry-of-music-tri-tone-duality-of.html

MUSIC - Rdio now lets you listen to tunes for free on the web

Good news, Rdio loyalists: Spotify users aren't the only ones who are now able to stream music for the unbeatable price of free. Presumably as a result of the Cumulus Media deal revealed earlier this year, Rdio customers can now listen to the .. ...

http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/16/rdio-free-web/?ncid=rss_truncate

MUSIC - Swallow A Pill For Perfect Musical Pitch

A mood-stabilizing drug that restores the brain to its juvenile state could one day give adults the ability to improve their singing and learn new languages. Continue reading ...

http://news.discovery.com/human/life/swallow-a-pill-for-perfect-musica

MUSIC - Use dry ice to make a sound lens for your ears

I love finding new things to do with dry ice! We know that we can explode things with it, but once the pleasure from that fades, or if you need a temporary break, just grab a balloon, and make a sound lens. Read more...    ...

http://io9.com/use-dry-ice-to-make-a-sound-lens-for-your-ears-14953486

MUSIC - The best guzheng cover of Daft Punk's "Derezzed" you'll hear all day

I don't care how many Chinese zither-based covers of Daft Punk's Tron: Legacy soundtrack you listen to today, I feel quite confident that Michelle Kwan's adaptation of "Derezzed" is going to top your list. I know, it's a bold statement, but I stand by it.Read more...    ...

http://io9.com/the-best-guzheng-cover-of-daft-punks-derezzed-youll-149