Short musical fragments consisting of a melody part and a synchronous bass part were mistuned in various ways and in various degrees. Mistuning was applied to the harmonic intervals between ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The examples are set out in a simple order; firstly, several harmonic shapes to use in your ...

The musician wren is aptly-named, because these birds use the same intervals in their songs that are heard as consonant in many human cultures. This is a what composer and musicologist and a biologist ...

The hermit thrush prefers to sing in harmonic series, a fundamental component of human music Helen Thompson A hermit thrush perches on a branch in the Pennsylvania woods. Its songs have long been ...