Gala music speaks without words: it surrounds the space, softens time, and turns the gathering into something memorable ...

A new study that reviewed Billboard hits from the past 73 years found a steady simplification of rhythm and pitch. Credit... Supported by By Alexander Nazaryan “Well, we’re all in the mood for a ...

Japanese folk songs evolved in the same way as English language ones even though they are sung in different tones and scales. Patrick Savage at Keio University in Japan and his colleagues analysed the ...

Want the best set up for your big hooky chorus? Work on your conversation skills — your conversational verse melody skills, that is. Publishers, artists and producers will tell you they are either ...

Two musician-programmers have teamed up to create an algorithm to generate every possible music melody in order to stop copyright lawsuits. Credit: Getty Images/EyeEm It’s become a regular occurence ...

OK, I’m not actually proposing to name the most beautiful melody in the world—I’m not that arrogant or that dumb (though I do have some thoughts on the matter, which I’ll share below). For now, I want ...

With potential access to millions of songs via your phone, you no longer need to load up cars with piles of CDs or make mix tapes to carry around. However, this brings a problem along with it, in that ...

Many contemporary songwriters toiling in pop, rock, and country would likely argue that the most important facet of a song is the melody. While lyrics are incredibly important in their own right, they ...

The Lost Melody is not the title of a new CD, but the name of a piano trio that has been together for two decades producing three previous albums to their credit. This 2020 release is entitled New ...