Music

Redesigned guitar strings use physics to avoid whammy bar dissonance.
Yuen Yiu, Staff Writer
Science and high speed cameras prove that heavy metal singers do intuitively what babies know instinctively -- how to protect their voices while making very loud sounds.
Jason Socrates Bardi, Editor
Are new instruments as good as Antonio Stradivari's prized creations?
Joel Shurkin, Contributor
Austria’s 19th century "Waltz King," Johann Strauss Jr. composed technology-themed pieces for students of Vienna's Polytechnic Institute
Catherine Meyers, Staff Writer
Musicians’ brains are different than the rest of ours.
Joel Shurkin, Contributor
How can great musicians seem to do the impossible?
Joel Shurkin, Contributor
Training the novice ear to identify musical notes with motion.
Marsha Lewis, Contributing Producer
A new computer science project translates emotions described in books into music.
Katharine Gammon, Contributor
Researchers study movement to help improve the quality of artistic performances.
Chris Gorski, Editor
Innovative imaging technique reveals similarities between high and more common notes.
Peter Gwynne, Contributor
Crowdsourcing music composes pleasant sounds.
Joel Shurkin, Contributor
Research reveals the biochemical connection between music and emotion.
Joel Shurkin, Contributor