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Vibrations, harmony and why some sounds feel right.
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Why two steady rhythms can fight and still groove: the hidden grid of 3 against 2
Tap a steady beat with one hand and three evenly spaced taps in the same time with the other, and you get a 3:2 polyrhythm: two perfectly regular clocks that…
Why guitar frets get closer together as you go up the neck
Guitar frets crowd together toward the body because of one fact about hearing: we hear pitch by ratio, not by difference. Each fret has to raise the note by…