The musician wren is aptly-named, because these birds use the same intervals in their songs that are heard as consonant in many human cultures. This is a what composer and musicologist and a biologist ...

This news release is available in German. The origin of human music has long been the subject of intense discussion between philosophers, cultural scientists and naturalists. Researchers from the Max ...

Some combinations of notes inherently sound better than others, right? It’s why the bread and butter of pop music, which is engineered to be upbeat and danceable, is highly consonant major chords.

A new theory suggests a natural basis for our preference for musical consonance. But does such a preference exist at all, wonders Philip Ball. What was avant-garde yesterday is often blandly ...

MONKEYS do not prefer sounds that are harmonious to human ears, suggesting that people have a unique appreciation of music. People find certain pairs of notes more harmonious than others. Pleasing ...

Your music preferences are built from the songs you listened to when you were young, the unique vibrations of your skull and even how your brain waves groove along. All this helps determine when and ...