If the brain processes words and mathematical symbols differently, why not musical symbols too? Western music, like language, has a highly evolved coding system. This allows it to be written down ...

If the brain processes words and mathematical symbols differently, why not musical symbols too? Western music, like language, has a highly evolved coding system. This allows it to be written down ...

In the first chapter, “Singing from Symbols,” he points ... Isacoff next considers the development of Western polyphony — indispensable to today’s music — which arose separately in ...

The history of Western musical notation describes an effort toward ... of 17th century notational technique in which multiple symbols were used indicate both pitch and vocal sound, with “G ...

BACH: LEVEL THREE: WESTERN NOTATION ... Clogs: Notation is a way to write down music using symbols called notes. Naomi: Right. So are there any notes that I need to be aware of for my first ...

One man’s music really is another man’s noise, based on a new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The researchers found that only cultures previously exposed to Western music ...