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How four notes can be enough to make great music

Using fewer notes changes how melodies are written. Focus shifts to rhythm, phrasing, and repetition. Four notes can create ...
Epiphanies come, as epiphanies do, in unexpected and often far-flung settings. For trumpeter Amir ElSaffar, three such ...
Think of your favorite song. Maybe it brings you happiness or joy; maybe it makes you want to start dancing; or maybe it’s a sad, melancholic song that really speaks to you. Studies show that our ...
Annapurna has released another trailer for musical RPG People of Note, giving us a full listen to its big musical number, as well as a fresh look at its turn-based combat. Yes, this is an RPG with ...
Ten years after its first album, Ghost-Note is something different than Robert “Sput” Searight and Nate Werth envisioned when they started the group in Dallas. The two -- Searight on drums and ...
Spotify and YouTube Music both offer great streaming experiences, whether you're working or relaxing. But which one is the better fit for you? I compare them on price, content, audio quality, and more ...
Danny Bensusan opened the Blue Note in Greenwich Village in 1981 and helped it quickly became home to some of the biggest names in jazz. Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan, Oscar Peterson and Lionel ...
Music plays a vital role in the quieter, more tender, more difficult moments of life, especially near the end. We’ve seen how a single note, played or remembered, can become a bridge between worlds, ...
"Da, duh." 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 ...
NASA's Chandra Observatory has combined different wavelength images of the Andromeda galaxy to honor astronomer Vera Rubin, and then created a music video by converting the light in those images to ...