12 May 2023
Researchers have predicted how well eight countries will do in the Eurovision Song Contest based on the physiological responses of 60 volunteers while they watched the performances
22 March 2023
Genetic sequencing of Beethoven’s hair shows that he didn’t have lead poisoning after all, but it doesn’t shed light on why he lost his hearing
11 January 2023
Lar gibbons call out sounds that are synchronised and occur at regular intervals – a combination of rhythmic qualities that, until now, had only been seen in people
1 November 2022
For hundreds of years it's been known that a mysterious third note can be heard when playing two notes together on a violin – now we know why
3 February 2022
Japanese folk songs evolved in the same way as those sung in English even though there are significant cultural differences in musical tone and scales
24 December 2021
Sound engineers used custom-made artificial intelligence to strip out unwanted audio from footage of the band in the studio
10 February 2021
An 18,000-year-old conch shell originally found in the Pyrenees mountains in 1931 may have been used as a musical instrument by Magdalenian people
22 January 2021
An artificial intelligence that can grade the skill of a pianist with near-human accuracy could be used in online music tutoring
8 January 2021
The roots of human music may go back to our primate ancestors developing elaborate calls to advertise that they were willing and able to perform death-defying leaps from tree to tree
27 February 2020
Listening to songs is a complex task for the brain, so it uses the left hemisphere to process the lyrics while the right hemisphere processes the melody
