"But varying the rhythm of that movement -- the music of how the pieces move together over time -- is a design aspect that has been overlooked, even though it can improve performance." The reasoning ...

“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 ...

I needn’t tell you what a great drummer Ed Thigpen is; others more eloquent than I have done so on many occasions, and your own ears can validate their appraisal simply by listening to the master at ...

Felix Diaz believes in the power of sharing music, and the first people to share that gift with him were his parents. From the time he was 4 years old, he remembers music always floating through his ...