Originating from Transylvania, the Kalotaszeg dances are famous for their intricate choreography and lively music. These ...

We examined music education majors' ability to reproduce rhythmic stimuli presented in melody and rhythm only conditions. Participants reproduced rhythms of two-measure music examples by immediately ...

Investigate how humans worldwide share fundamental rhythmic preferences in music, influenced by diverse cultural backgrounds.

There was a point in Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s concert Sunday afternoon at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion when the enthusiastic applause shifted into rhythmic clapping, a much rarer form of approval from a ...

Imagine four hands clapping in unison a fast syncopated rhythm that lasts just six quick beats. Repeat 12 times. Have one pair of hands shift the pattern in phase by half a beat, keeping the rhythm ...

Researchers at the Ernst Strüngmann Institute in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, led by Wolf Singer, have made a new discovery in understanding fundamental brain processes. For the first time, the team ...

The origins of music. Music in early society ; Comparative musicology and its methods ; Melodic styles ; Rhythm and instrumental music ; Polyphony ; Conclusion -- The western Orient. High civilization ...