music

Lost Mozart Manuscript Discovered in Leipzig, Dating Back to His Childhood

Researchers find an early chamber piece by the legendary composer, unseen for over two centuries.

Song lyrics are becoming simpler and more repetitive

Music as a whole is getting sadder and simpler.

Pythagoras was wrong. We don't only like Western musical harmonies — there's more to explore

There's a world of music we haven't explored yet.

Does music help you run faster and longer?

"Music is a legal drug for athletes," say scientists. It's that good for running!

Beware of earworms: Listening to catchy music before bedtime may keep you up at night

Listening music close to bedtime can cause restless sleep

Our brains fire up their 'prediction engine' when faced with uncertainty -- at least with music

They just hate not knowing what’s coming.

"Harmonic surprise": the secret sauce of chart-topping music

There's a reason why hit songs for every decade sound so different.

Learning music changes how our brains process language, and vice-versa

Practice makes perfect!

They don't make music like they used to -- song lyrics are becoming simpler

But... is this even a bad thing?

Why we love music so much: it acts on the same reward pathways as good food or alcohol

Listening to music stimulates the brain like many other things we find rewarding.

Listen to a 17,000-year-old musical instrument made from a seashell

It's one of the oldest wind instruments.

Want to help endangered birds? This music album could be the place to start

All the profits are donated to conservation efforts

High unemployment makes song lyrics angrier -- but not sadder or anxious

Unemployment makes people stressed, and angry -- music reflects that.

Wildfires can change the songs birds sing

Events such as wildfire spread birds -- and their songs -- around.

What's the link between music, pleasure, and emotion?

It's basically just sound, so why can it influence us as it does?

Can a song be universal? Apparently so, according to science

Songs from cultures around the world have similar patterns

Your brain only needs 0.1 to 0.3 seconds to recognize a familiar song

This could lead to new treatments for certain mental illnesses.

The link between the music you listen to and your personality isn't exactly clear

Despite they are frequently associated with rebellion, music genres such as rap and heavy metal don’t appear to be linked to dysfunctional personality features in American adults.

Music 'flows' in the opposite direction when we play it in our heads

The brain seems to treat how it listens and recalls music in opposite directions.

Music can be used to estimate political ideology to an "accuracy of 70%", researchers say

"Happy"

High school students who study music perform better at math, English, and science

The skill you learn practicing music transfer more broadly to other fields of study.

Humans and monkeys respond differently to music and speech

Our ability to detect pitch may have been integral to the development of language and music.

Why depressed people listen to more sad music

It's probably not what you think.

Musical training makes your brain better at paying attention

Oh so THAT'S what I was missing!

Scientists played music to aging cheese to change its taste. Hip-hop worked the best

It's a cheesy topic, but the results were tasty. I mean, interesting.

If you want to be creative, turn the music off, new research reveals

Ugh, rude.

Unexpected notes make music more enjoyable

Surprise is the spice of life.

How people use music as a sleeping aid

Music is free and doesn't have negative side effects, unlike sleeping aid drugs.

Music therapy makes children with autism more socially aware

Individuals with autism hear much more than regular people -- and music seems to help them communicate better.

Why music makes you feel less tired while exercising

Music activates a specific brain region that suppresses the sense of fatigue.

Ancient Greek music: now we finally know what it sounded like

Exciting new research finally unravels how the ancient Greeks played music.

Heavy Metal? Well, that's just like renaissance music

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Hip hop music teaches children to recognize stroke and act quickly, study finds

Music can save lives, too.

LSD changes the way the brain reacts to music, study finds

Just imagine a music therapy session spiced up with some psychedelics.

Jymmin combines working out with music, makes people feel less pain

Scientists paired music composition software with sensors attached to the fitness machines.

Surprising harmonic structure might be the secret to writing a pop hit, new study finds

People love surprises and music is no exception.

Artificial intelligence can write classical music like a human composer. It's the first non-human artist whose music is now copyrighted

The 21st century biggest musical prodigy might turn out to be a machine.

Robots could soon write emotional or motivating songs

Inserting feelings into Artificial Intelligence music -- the future is kinda happening already.

Study looks at what makes some song stick in your head, while others don't

Don't read this if you're not in the mood to sing to yourself. Seriously.

Some birds play tunes not all that different from jazz musicians

Humans were by no means the first to evolve musicality.

This is the first pop song written by an A.I. and it sounds a lot like The Beatles

You can dance to it. Who said robots were boring?

These are the most metal words in the English language, data scientist says

Rock on, brothers.

Musical horns reveal 2,000 year old cultural ties between Europe and India

An archeologist studying Irish iron-age musical horns has found a very surprising correspondent of the ancient musical arts in Europe: these artistic practices, long considered to be dead, are still alive and well in south India.

Theremin: the electronic instrument you play without touching anything

The theremin is a unique musical instrument which involves two antennas and which you can play with your bare hands, without touching anything. We'll talk about its history, the working principle and how you can play/build your own.

Eerie musical instruments played by the wind from around the world

A wind or Aeolian harp is exactly what the name implies: the only musical instrument played by the wind.

This is the oldest song in history: a 3,400-year-old hymn

Music etched in clay tablets more than 3,400 years ago in Syria marks oldest song thus far.

One of Mozart's lost compositions discovered after 230 years

A four-minute cantata was found among the the mountains of archives in the Czech Museum of Music in November 2015. The score was likely written in 1785 by the maestro Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, along with Antonio Salieri, popularly considered a rival, and an unknown composer called Cornetti. The find was made after Timo Jouko Herrmann, a German composer, was browsing […]

Life without music - study looks at brain with amusia

For most people listening to music or playing an instrument is a great way to relax, unwind, have fun, and express themselves. But not everybody is able to perceive, appreciate or memorize music, to sing or to dance. Monica is one such person, and to her, any kind of music is just a bunch of noise that makes her head ache and feel stressed.

This 3D-printed Stradivarius inspired violin sounds gorgeous

A French company called 3Dvarius partnered with musician Laurent Bernadac to see just how far they could stretch 3D printing capabilities. Why not, they thought, stretch the strings of a fully playable 3D-printed violin? Combing the leading craftsmanship of the past two centuries with the cutting edge tech of today, the engineers designed an electric violin based on the legendary Stradivarius.

The sounds of Earth - listen to the Golden Records we sent in space on the 1977 Voyager mission

The Golden Records were the recordings NASA sent into space to represent our planet's life and culture, ranging from the sound of rain to samples of Beethoven and Mozart, Chucky Berry and Blind Willie Johnson.

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