Humans are creatures of rhythms. As far as we know, humans have always sung and always danced. We can recognize a song by its ...

A sense of rhythm is a uniquely human characteristic. Music cognition scientists discovered that the sense of rhythm – also known as the beat – is so fundamental to humans that we recognize patterns ...

A rhythm is a pattern of long and short sounds. Rhythm is all around us in the cackle of kookaburras, the breaking of ocean waves, and the patterns of our own speech. This is the first in a series of ...

Did you know that you don’t actually need to be talented or have a natural ear for music to play it well? Not having natural ...