Musical instruments bring delight to players and listeners alike. Creating the voice—or characteristic style and tone—of an instrument is an exquisite balance of physics and craftsmanship. To date, there has been little ...
General Physics
Apr 30, 2021
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With the help of interviews and workshops, Laura Miettinen reviewed what music teacher educators at Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki and the Israeli Levinsky College of Education thought of interculturality ...
Education
Apr 27, 2021
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Bands and artists on independent record labels get less than their fair share of access to the most popular playlists on streaming platforms such as Spotify—argues a new paper from the University of East Anglia.
Economics & Business
Mar 3, 2021
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No one went to Oktoberfest in 2020, but chances are those who attended in the past are still thinking about it.
Social Sciences
Feb 24, 2021
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Can a few seconds' worth of music convey the triumph of civil rights hero Martin Luther King Jr., the price he paid to achieve it and yet presage the struggles to come in our own time?
Other
Feb 18, 2021
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In both life and music, the secret to success is love. This universal emotion stands out as the key protagonist in the most listened-to songs of all time. According to a study by Salvador Climent Roca and Marta Coll-Florit ...
Social Sciences
Feb 9, 2021
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A new method for visualizing breath that is exhaled while someone is speaking or singing could provide important new insights into how diseases such as COVID-19 spread and the effectiveness of face masks.
Optics & Photonics
Dec 21, 2020
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With each atom assigned a tonal signature based on its spectral signature, music can be a powerful tool for helping students understand atomic structure.
Other
Dec 10, 2020
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Music educator Martin J. Bergee thought that if he could just control his study for the myriad factors that might have influenced previous ones—race, income, education, etc.—he could disprove the notion of a link between ...
Education
Nov 30, 2020
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From taut strings vibrating in musical instruments to micro-electro-mechanical systems for optoelectronics, vibrations cover an extensive range of applications. At the nanoscale, the study of mechanical vibrations poses several ...
Nanophysics
Nov 20, 2020
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