News tagged with pitch
'Nature or nurture' study reveals 'musical genes' (w/ Video)
Nov 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- If you've ever wondered why a close group of friends might like completely different types of music, blame their genes. A study by Nokia and Kings' College London into the musical tastes of nearly 4,000 twins ...
Hearing on the wing: New structure discovered in butterfly ears
Oct 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A clever structure in the ear of a tropical butterfly that potentially makes it able to distinguish between high and low pitch sounds has been discovered by scientists from the University ...
IBM undercuts Google with discount e-mail service
Oct 02, 2009 |
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(AP) -- IBM Corp. is trying to stymie Google Inc.'s expansion into the business software market.
Perfect pitch study offers window into influences of nature and nurture
Jul 02, 2009 |
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Practice, practice, practice might get you to Carnegie Hall, but for aspiring musicians, there's new evidence that genes may influence one's ability to get there, as well.
Perfect Pitch: Language Wins Out Over Genetics
May 19, 2009 |
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Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Sinatra and Hendrix -- these and many other of the world's most famous musicians have had "perfect" or "absolute" pitch. The ability, defined as recognizing the pitch of a musical note ...
Engineering students score a slam dunk (Video)
Feb 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When a 240-pound forward slam dunks a basketball, some fans probably wonder how much force is being generated into the goal. Students at Clemson University now can answer that question with ...
'Perfect Pitch' in Humans Far More Prevalent than Expected
Aug 25, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music and Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences have developed a unique test for perfect pitch, and have found surprising results.
