My experience of playing the saxophone in the world record oil tank
Category: music
Can computers compose?
Can computers compose music that is worth listening to?
The myth of the stradviarius
Are stradviarius violins the best money can buy?
I am sitting in a room
A version of Alvin Lucier’s most famous work “I am Sitting in a Room” performed using the world’s ‘longest echo’ (reverberation time).
Why does music sound better with reverb?
What might be behind our preference of hearing music with reverberation?
Pitch shifting to 432 Hz doesn't improve music
Results from an experiment to see if music sounds better with instruments tuned to 432 Hz.
Slower music has higher sound quality
An analysis of pop and rock music shows that slower music has higher sound quality
The unmusical, musical road
How the second musical road in Lancaster, California is out of tune, just like the first one.
Do you like your music flat?
Does music with a lower tuning frequency sound better?
How weather affects sound at Glastonbury
How weather affects the sound at festivals like Glastonbury