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 ...

[Stanislaw Pusep] has gifted us with the Pianolizer project – an easy-to-use toolkit for music exploration and visualization, an audio spectrum analyzer helping you turn sounds into piano notes. You ...

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 ...

Two simple notes – E and F – have become synonymous with tension, fear and sharks, representing the primal dread of being stalked by a predator. And they largely have “Jaws” to thank. Fifty years ago, ...

The mathematical rules for creating musical harmony may be more malleable than thought. Western music theory traditionally holds that chords sound most pleasant when they contain notes separated by ...

The AR-7778 is a calculator that makes musical notes when the buttons are pressed. Twitter user Atarime uses this neat calculator to play famous tunes. The Zelda tune, for example, sounds terrific: ...

ROME — It's a new Da Vinci code, but this time it could be for real. An Italian musician and computer technician says he has uncovered musical notes encoded in Leonardo Da Vinci's "Last Supper," ...