Children with dyslexia often find it difficult to count the number of syllables in spoken words or to determine whether words rhyme. These subtle difficulties are seen across languages with different ...

In search of an original voice, the dominant composers of the mid-twentieth century — Arnold Schoenberg, Pierre Boulez and their disciples — rejected the tonal and rhythmic forms of the past. They ...

Rhythm in music is about timing — when notes start and stop. And now scientists say they've found a curious pattern that's common to musical rhythm. It's a pattern also found in nature. Let's consider ...

Newborn brains respond strongly to rhythm changes in music, suggesting that timing expectations develop earlier than melody perception.

Music is intimately associated with experiences of emotions. Rhythmic entrainment is a possible mechanism of emotion that can be evoked by music. Rhythmic entrainment also binds individuals together ...

A rhythm is a pattern of long and short sounds. Rhythm is all around us in the cackle of kookaburras, the breaking of ocean waves, and the patterns of our own speech. This is the first in a series of ...