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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 two almost-equal notes make a wobble: beats and the piano tuner's trick
Play two almost-equal notes together and you hear one pitch that swells and fades. Those swells are beats, and their rate is simply the difference in…