In 1986, Japanese Geneticist Susumu Ohno discovered a remarkable connection between DNA and music. You’re probably familiar with the twisting ladder image of DNA. The…
Overtones in music are higher frequencies that ring out above the fundamental frequency when a voice or instrument vibrates. Wolfgang Saus demonstrates this with an…
Lately, I’ve been drawn more deeply into silence. Emptiness and stillness feel both profoundly necessary and mysteriously comforting. This pull into the space between notes…
Terje Isungset is a pioneer and inventor of ice music. He creates his instruments—harps, drums, percussion, horns, and the iceophone (like a xylophone)—from blocks of…
Call and response is a form of musical dialogue where one instrument plays or sings a short phrase and another responds, creating a musical conversation….
