Last time, I talked about how you don't have to decide on a key at the very beginning of composing.For Major, C=1. For Minor, A=1.First, let's think about the structure of music as numbers using only ...

To begin our investigation into the hidden cause of our peculiar perception of minor chords and keys, we will listen to a trombone quartet playing a C minor chord. We might describe the sound as "rich ...

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts Why does music played in ...