We all know about rhythm in music: Just count to four. Accent the second and fourth beats, bob your head in time and shake those shoulders. If it’s in three beats, start waltzing. Simple, right? Well, ...

At Yale, music theory is changing. Notes, time signatures, and clefs might become things of the past. This semester, Yale’s music department is introducing a new music theory course called MUSI 100: ...

Description: Introduction to music notation, meter and rhythm, scales, intervals, triads, seventh chords, fundamentals of harmonic expression, voice leading, aural skills and composition. For ...

“Rhythm is sound in motion. It is related to the pulse, the heartbeat, the way we breathe. It rises and falls. It takes us into ourselves; it takes us out of ourselves.” —Edward Hirsh Rhythm. It is ...

What makes music unique, unlike other forms of expression or communication? I suspect most people could put together a personal list of several things. But among the most important have to be the ways ...