In this edition of “Talking Points,” Berlin-based electronic artist Caterina Barbieri explains her psychoacoustic approach to making machine music.
Tag: harmonic content
How Blood Orange Uses Chasms of Harmonic Ambiguity on “Negro Swan”
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Why Ariana Grande’s “no tears left to cry” Is So Uplifting, Even in a Minor Key
Last week I had the distinct pleasure of sitting down with super-knowledgeable music theory super-nerds…
One Chord to Rule Them All
When Bob Marley toured New Zealand for the first and only time in 1979 (he…
What Are Chord Pizzas?
This article originally appeared on Ethan Hein’s blog. The Groove Pizza uses geometry to help visualize rhythms. The NYU…
John Coltrane and the Economy of the Blues
In the following video, courtesy of Soundfly’s free course, A Conversation with the Blues, veteran jazz…
How to Orchestrate an Endless Rising Tone Effect
The “Shepard Tone,” also known as the “Shepard Scale” or “Shepard Illusion,” is an auditory…
How to Create Bigger Sounding Chords with Open-Voiced Sevenths (Like Björk)
In this article, we’re going to be exploring how to use different voicings of seventh…
Can Descending Chords Ever Sound Happy?
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Philip Tagg’s Everyday Tonality
This article originally appeared on The Ethan Hein Blog. I complain a lot on my…