New research reveals that humans and zebra finches recognize sound patterns differently, offering clues about how experience ...

When two notes are an octave apart, one has double the frequency of the other yet we perceive them as being the same note – a “C” for example. Why is this? Readers give their take This question has a ...

Both light and sound travel as waves, with characteristics that allow people with typical vision and hearing to perceive and categorize them when they reach their eyes and ears: "That's a small red ...

A comparative study of humans and zebra finches listening to identical artificial tone sequences reveals that humans ...

It's been a long-held belief that absolute pitch—the ability to identify musical notes without reference—is a rare gift reserved for a select few with special genetic gifts or those who began musical ...

This experiment demonstrates how water affects sound waves and pitch. You'll discover how different water levels create different musical notes and learn about the relationship between mass, vibration ...

Play a note, any note — on your piano, your harp, your synthesizer, your kazoo. University of Delaware junior David Krall can tell you exactly which note you’re playing and which octave it lives in.

Venture into the private studios of music producers Peter Cottontale and Thelonius Martin to see how they work. Music is scientific: sound is produced when something vibrates, and those vibrations are ...