The Pointy End
Le plus ancien morceau de musique du monde
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- Tuesday, 22 July 2014
Cette partition gravée sur une tablette d'argile et découverte sur le site d'Ougarit en Syrie, a 3400 ans.
Why Are Songs on the Radio About the Same Length?
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- Tuesday, 22 July 2014
Songs seem to be around three minutes – but of course not all songs are that long. I know there are some very long songs by both Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. Though this seems mostly correct. Three minutes is a very common time length for a song.
Despite hits, no radio love for country rap
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- Tuesday, 08 July 2014
It may be one thing for a country song to be remixed or for a country artist to dabble in hip-hop, but "rap" still faces a bias.
Best Music Journalism: June 2014
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- Tuesday, 08 July 2014
A collection of the best music journalism of the past month.
How to make money from Spotify by streaming silence
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- Tuesday, 08 July 2014
Who says you can't make money out of Spotify? Certainly not Vulfpeck, a funk band from Ann Arbor, Michigan, who seem to have devised a way to beat the streaming service at its own game.
Giving a Semi-Hearty Cheer for Semi-Staged Opera
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- Tuesday, 08 July 2014
When the vengeful husband enters his wife's bedroom to kill her in the final act of Verdi's "Otello," he is accompanied by the muted snarl of a sepulchral E natural in the double basses.
Music parenting’s unexpected, positive benefits
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- Tuesday, 24 June 2014
When parents sign up kids for music lessons, they are not expected to learn something new.
Music Changes the Way You Think
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- Tuesday, 24 June 2014
Hum the first two notes of "The Simpsons" theme song. The musical interval you're hearing—the pitch gap between the notes—is known as a "tritone," and it's commonly recognized in music theory as one of the most dissonant intervals.
Toward livelier orchestra programs: Pick a theme
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- Tuesday, 24 June 2014
Orchestras naturally rely on audience-favorite repertory — Beethoven symphonies and Rachmaninoff piano concertos — to sell tickets. Traditionally, they've also relied on star soloists to fill concert-hall seats.
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