Imagine a sound, a tone. Engineering and math might go into creating a musical instrument that can make that tone, but that same sound also depends on acoustics, perception, creativity — a multitude ...

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A Brahms concerto being played on a Stradivarius violin can be a priceless experience, but is the wooden box with the strings stretched over it in and of itself a good investment? Historically, ...

When judged by its size, our vocal system fails to impress as a musical instrument. How then can singers produce all those remarkable sounds? The human vocal system would not receive much acclaim if ...

There’s little doubt that learning to play a musical instrument is great for developing brains. Science has shown that when children learn to play music, their brains begin to hear and process sounds ...

Chris Rogers, a professor of mechanical engineering at Tufts University, and Jesse Jones, a musical instrument engineer, explain. Temperature can affect the sound of an instrument in a variety of ways ...