Musicians and producers can already utilize AI to realistically reproduce the sound of any instrument or voice imaginable.
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AI can streamline the painstaking work of mixing and editing tracks. But it’s also easy to see how AI-generated music will make more money for giant streaming services at the expense of artists.
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Perth synth-metal band Voyager was voted ninth in the world at the 2023 Eurovisions. Was the keytar the secret to their success?
Madosini performing in Johannesburg in 2021.
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The queen of Xhosa music has passed away. She reinvigorated ancient Xhosa cultural traditions through performance and teaching.
Something people today have in common with civilizations past: a love of music.
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For thousands of years, music has been an essential part of the human experience.
A section of the Cederberg rock painting, digitally enhanced to emphasise red-ochreous colours.
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Sometimes archaeologists can “hear” the ancient past using acoustic methods.
Blob Opera, developed by Google and AI artist David Li, lets students manipulate a soprano, alto, tenor and bass quartet of blobs.
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From incorporating video-based performances to learning new composition apps, teaching students virtually has forced music educators to learn and share new ways to reach students.
The two violins constructed by the researchers.
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African wood species are clearly suitable to make violins. They produce an instrument with a beautiful, though slightly different sound.
You can’t make a guitar without some STEM know-how.
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More than 20,000 American high school students have made their own guitars in school over the past decade. Many of them have wound up more into learning about STEM disciplines.
What can teachers and parents do to ensure that children select musical activities based on their real desires?
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When children take up instruments they’re not passionate about, most don’t stick with music for long, and that’s a shame.
Montreal-born pianist Oscar Peterson waves after playing at the Montreal Forum in July 1984. The Coalition for Music Education is inviting schools and communities across Canada to sing “Hymn To Freedom,” written by Peterson and Harriette Hamilton, on Music Monday 2019, a day to celebrate music.
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What kind of students are we raising when music is seen as a “frill?” The decision to drastically cut music education is a misguided policy.
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My investigations have generated stunning insights into how the ancient Greeks made music.
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The guitar of choice for some of rock'n'roll’s biggest names.
Babies start their musical development in the womb.
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There a number of ways you can use music to shape your child’s brain for success, from 16 weeks gestation right up until they start school.
St Cecilia’s Hall.
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The Scottish capital is reopening a well kept secret: one of the world’s finest collections of vintage sound machines.
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Turns out learning a musical instrument really could benefit your child, in more ways than you might think.
Turns out children don’t necessarily become smarter just because they have learned how to play the piano or sing in a choir.
Topsy-turvy, inside-out.
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Is this the future of the piano?
The master at work: Daniel Barenboim plays his new piano at London’s Festival Hall.
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The master pianist has unveiled a redesigned piano which is very like instruments that were in use in the 19th century.