If you have ever seen Baroque architecture and paintings you will have a good idea of how ornate its appearance is. The style emanated from late 16 th Century Italy and was characterized by grandeur, ...

Transportation often symbolises escape, planning, routine and adventure, amongst many more metaphorical correspondences. From songs about public transport, to bikes, walking, flights, trucks and ...

Tip: Net vs Gross Volume. Always calculate net internal volume — subtract the driver displacement (typically 0.05–0.15 ft³ depending on driver size), port tube volume, and any internal bracing from ...

Musical tradition is at times a rather odd element of this popular art. One of those traditions that still holds true for today is that of using Italian terms to instruct a performer in notated scores ...

A dulcimer is a stringed folk instrument which basically comes in two different varieties: the hammered dulcimer – which has strings stretched over a sounding board with a trapezoidal shape, generally ...

The notation for swing rhythm is an approximation but as close as it can be without requiring immensely complex and cumbersome sub-divisions of note values. The result of the swing is a sense of ...

Pale Waves are a UK-based indie pop band that released its initial album on the 14 th of September in 2018. The album had the provocative title ‘My Mind Makes Noise’. What we hear in this upbeat song ...

As a musical genre, Funk has its roots firmly embedded in jazz. Funk incorporates many elements of jazz alongside soul and earlier African-American styles of music. Following on from the immense ...

This first extract is taken from a 2015 performance called ‘Bugs Bunny at the Symphony II’. The remarkable achievement here is that the music is performed live to the cartoon that plays on a gigantic ...

Air speed changes with temperature and humidity. Air temperature (C) Used only when the medium is air.

String tension is calculated as: T = UW × (2 × L × f)² where UW = unit weight per inch, L = scale length in inches, and f = frequency in Hz. Increasing gauge raises UW and thus tension at the same ...

When faced with the decision to buy or rent a new or used piano, the challenge can feel daunting. Even the most experienced pianists encounter the same dilemma as each year there seems to be an ...