When we combine harmonious intervals to create chords, there are various conventions we follow (consciously or otherwise) to avoid unpleasant dissonances. Here, we’re going to do no such thing! We ...

The phone adds warbles, crackles, and periodic dropouts that are impossible to replicate on the bandstand; these imperfections are what give hold music its soul. When I call a business and get put on ...

Many people dislike the clashing dissonances of modernist composers such as Arnold Schoenberg. But what’s our problem with dissonance? It’s long been thought that dissonant musical chords contain ...