music

Regularly playing a musical instrument changes the anatomy and function of the brain and may be used in therapy to improve cognitive skills.
There is growing evidence that musicians have structurally and functionally different brains compared with non-musicians. In particular, the areas of the brain used to process music are larger or more active in musicians. [...]

The power of the imagination is well-known: it’s no surprise that scary music is scarier with your eyes closed. But now neuroscientist and psychiatrist Prof. Talma Hendler of Tel Aviv University’s Functional Brain Center says that this phenomenon may open the door to a new way of treating people with Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other neurological [...]

Computer scientists in Taiwan have devised a neural network program that can successfully classify a computerized music file based on its beat and tempo. The system could be a boon for music archivists with large numbers of untagged recordings and for users searching through mislabeled mp3 libraries. Details of tests on ballroom dancing music are [...]

UGR researchers Miguel Delgado, Waldo Fajardo, and Miguel Molina decided to design a software programme that would enable a person who knew nothing about composition to create music. The system they devised, using AI, is called Inmamusys, an acronym for Intelligent Multiagent Music System, and is able to compose and play music in real time.
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University of Maryland School of Medicine research team concludes the cardiovascular benefits of music are similar to those found in their previous study of laughter
Listening to your favorite music may be good for your cardiovascular system. Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore have shown for the first time that the [...]

It’s an archetypal exchange in musical performance. A vocalist stands poised to perform. The guitarist alongside is ready to add depth and harmony to the melody.
The guitarist doesn’t know the song but "hum a few bars and I’ll fake it," she tells the singer. "Could you do it in the style of Radiohead?" asks the [...]

The connection between music and mathematics has fascinated scholars for centuries.
More than 200 years ago Pythagoras reportedly discovered that pleasing musical intervals could be described using simple ratios.
And the so-called musica universalis or “music of the spheres” emerged in the Middle Ages as the philosophical idea that the proportions in the movements of the celestial [...]

Gnomie Mike Reda (Lessaj in our chat room) writes:
Dear Chris,
While on YouTube recently, I stumbled across some videos that I thought were really interesting, and figured I would share them. The reason I want to share them is because they express two of my loves — music and technology — and fusing them together [...]