If you are involved with commercial music, you’ll be familiar with the term ‘four-to-the-floor’. But why is four suddenly the ...

Take the time signature 3/4, which is sometimes described as waltz time; if we follow our previous analysis, this means that there are 3 crotchet/1/4-note beats to a bar. There have been several ...

Put those dull pencils and boring manuscript paper away: here are some fun and creative ways of teaching the basics of music. From note values and rhythm, right through to time signatures and ...

Most commercial music adopts a four-square construction, using four beats to every bar, but sometimes the unit described as a beat may not be quite as it seems. A case in point could be the time ...

Oscar-Winner Matthew A. Cherry Launches Kickstarter for New Animated Short ‘Time Signature,’ Blending Music, Magic, and Legacy. By Ny MaGee May 16, 2025; Sign Up for Our Free Daily Newsletter.

The Do-Re-Mi system (also known as solfège) was invented by Guido D’Arezzo around 1000 AD, and it basically assigns syllables to notes.Following his innovation, musicians over the next few hundred ...

The entire This Is Why album, on which “Running Out Of Time” appears, contains inventive, evocative music — so do yourself a favor and dive in if you haven’t already.

Our mission: to dissect chart-topping pop singles and weigh their trembling flesh on the scales of Western music theory. Today I am typing about the unique genius of Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance ...

Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory. Credit: Susu Laroche. That evening in February 2022, however, Van Etten’s long efforts in building trust reached a breakthrough.