Composers often speak of fitting chords and melodies together, as though sounds were physical objects with geometric shape -- and now a Princeton University musician has shown that advanced geometry ...

Indie guitar chords thrive on bending musical rules, blending open strings, modal flavors, and unexpected progressions to create a sound that’s both familiar and fresh. They’re about emotional ...

Can a chord feel like it’s asking a question? In this video, we explore the emotional and musical impact of unresolved and ...

Musical chords seem to mimic human emotions , according to Duke University neuroscientists. In two new studies, researchers found that the musical scales most commonly used over the centuries are ...

Why are some musical chords so inherently pleasing while others sound so obviously dissonant? A study of a group of people with the genetic condition amusia, which causes sufferers to incorrectly ...

Music is known to increase well-being and activate brain regions involved in social processing. A new study shows these ...

When neuroscientist and musician AZA Allsop discovered research by his Yale colleague Joy Hirsch about how group drumming and musical interaction can affect social behavior, he knew there was a ...

Ivan Hewett is The Telegraph’s Classical Music Critic and an author whose works include Music: Healing The Rift, a personal history of modern music. He has been involved in music as a composer, ...