The complexity of the melodies of the most popular songs each year in the U.S.—according to the Billboard year-end singles charts—has decreased since 1950, a study published in Scientific Reports ...
The most important aspect to study in melody writing is probably your intervals. In Western music, we use 12 notes in semitone intervals, in other cultures they have quarter tones and microtonal ...
Paul McCartney said one song from The Beatles’ The White Album has one of his best melodies. Notably, he said another rock star helped him write the song. Despite Paul’s feelings about the track, it’s ...
NCT DREAM is dominating iTunes charts across the globe with their latest release! On June 19 at 6 p.m. KST, NCT DREAM unveiled their pre-release song “Broken Melodies” along with the music video for ...
A few weeks ago, I was extraordinarily fortunate to hear a gospel concert by Melvin Butler, the famed academic and musician whose saxophone has been highlighted on dozens of albums. Butler was ...
The complexity of the melodies of the most popular songs each year in the USA — according to the Billboard year-end singles charts — has decreased since 1950, a study published in Scientific Reports ...