‘Music’ Archives
The Right Note
Striking the Right Note The uncanny, if sometimes distracting, ability to name a solitary note out of the blue, without any other notes for reference, is a prized musical talent - and a scientific mystery. Musicians with perfect pitch - or, as many researchers prefer to call it, absolute pitch - can often play pieces by ear, and many can [...]
Music Piracy
Music Piracy One of Britain's best known pop stars, Robbie Williams, has challenged the view of the music industry by saying that he believes music piracy is a good thing. He said the record companies can do nothing to stop people illegally copying music from the internet. This report from David Bamford: Robbie Williams is a phenomenon in [...]
Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest The history of the Eurovision Song Contest began as the brainchild of Marcel Bezençon of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The contest was based on the Italian Sanremo Music Festival and was designed to test the limits of live television broadcast technology. The first contest took place on 24 May 1956, where [...]
Irish Traditional Music
Irish Traditional Music Irish traditional music is the folk music of the Irish people as well as of the descendants of Irish emigrants in countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia. Irish traditional music as it is known today is the result of a centuries-old tradition of melodically rich dance music and song. It was [...]
Rap
Rap Rap music is a form of popular music that is generally spoken or chanted at a fast pace rather than sung. Rap is performed over musical accompaniment that emphasizes rhythm rather than melody. Often this accompaniment consists of short segments of earlier recorded music combined in new patterns. Rap music first developed in the mid [...]
Blues
Blues Blues are a kind of music that developed in America from the various musical expressions of African Americans. The blues are an extremely flexible type of music, and various musicians have created individual styles of performing them. The blues contributed greatly to the development of jazz. Such jazz musicians as Duke Ellington, Charlie [...]
Music or Noise
Music or Noise Vibration is movement and sound that comes from objects which vibrate. For example, guitar strings, when touched, vibrate and make a sound; and drum skins, when hit, vibrate and make a sound. Vibrations are described in terms of amplitude and frequency. In the case of a guitar, the amplitude. or loudness, is the distance the [...]
