At its most fundamental level, a rhythmic pattern is the scaffolding upon which a musical composition rests. It manifests as a deliberate series of beats, accents, rests, and relative durations that ...

Music is intimately associated with experiences of emotions. Rhythmic entrainment is a possible mechanism of emotion that can be evoked by music. Rhythmic entrainment also binds individuals together ...

Since the time of Pythagoras around 500 BCE, music and mathematics have had an intimate and mutually supportive relationship. Mathematics has been used to tune musical scales, to design musical ...

Mammals make all manner of sounds, but their calls rarely resemble music. The culprit? A lack of rhythm—the temporal sequence that organizes sounds, and the pauses between them, into a repeatable ...

Lace fragments used to compose scores for LACE, an ongoing project by Zeena Parkins (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) Delicate and fine, Shetland lace was made popular in the 19th century ...