Every year, October Octaves bring a varied musical act to the city. This year, their eighth edition, will see performances by Indo-Western fusion band Swaraag from Rajasthan and singer Hargun Kaur ...

Our experience of musical intervals and the uncanny “sameness” of octaves is encoded in our neuroanatomy. The neuroscience of music is rich, complex and not without controversy. But some things are ...

ONE of the stars of last year’s meeting of the Mathematical Association of America was Robert Schneider, lead guitarist of the indie band The Apples in Stereo. Delegates listened enthralled as he ...

In this study, we focus on processes involved in predicting the following three important features of tonality: discreteness of tonal intervals in musical scales, Just Intonation, and familiarity as a ...

Once more, all the buzz about the new Beetronics fuzz is well deserved, with the Vezzpa Octave Stinger combining a most aggro op-amp fuzz sound with an octave-up fuzz that's full of harmonic drama.