Movies have a way of making us laugh, cry, or hold our breath in suspense. Music is a big part of why this happens. A soft ...

What Rodgers and Hammerstein, then later filmmakers, changed about this classic. — -- “The Sound of Music” has remained one of the most iconic films in history since it was released 50 years ago.

Why does a saxophone sound different from an oboe? How do tiny flutes produce such loud sounds? Dr. John Powell, author of How Music Works: The Science and Psychology of Beautiful Sounds explains ...

This experiment demonstrates how water affects sound waves and pitch. You'll discover how different water levels create different musical notes and learn about the relationship between mass, vibration ...

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 ...

If you’re a true music lover, then you’re already long-heartbroken by the digital transition. Simply put, music had a richer, fuller sound in some analog forms than it ever will again in digital. A ...

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 ...

INDIANAPOLIS, March 26, 2023 — In chemistry, we have He, Fe and Ca — but what about do, re and mi? Hauntingly beautiful melodies aren’t the first things that come to mind when looking at the periodic ...

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