Musical styles are like languages: within a given style there are certain probabilities for one note or harmony to follow another. In language, this is what gives computer algorithms the…
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We present our second THINK THEORY! crossword. Answers come from recent issues, so diligent readers will recall these music theory-related terms. Click the crossword puzzle for a full-size downloadable image…
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After the Bridge…the Chorus? Music theory treats meter, or the measurement of time, hierarchically: elements can either be divided into smaller parts, or organized into larger groups. Here is a…
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Welcome to New Faculty Leah Frederick joined the department as Assistant Professor this fall, and Karin Buer was promoted to Assistant Teaching Professor. Their pedagogy and fields of research broaden the department’s…
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Bebop saxophonist Charlie Parker is one of the central architects of modern jazz. His improvisations provided a blueprint for virtually all subsequent jazz soloists. His improvised solos create a kind…
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CU ON THE WEEKEND From Aretha Franklin to Paul Simon to the Sex Pistols, popular performers and bands from the 1970s made waves that ripple through music and culture today.…
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Entrainment occurs when some aspect of biological activity synchronizes with regularly recurring events. Here are fireflies in Thailand synchronizing to computer-controlled LEDs. Here are metronomes on a floating system synchronizing…
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