PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateSoundField ↓ More info below ↓ James Brown invented funk music, but what is it about James Brown’s music that makes it sound so funky? James Brown, the Godfather of Soul, created the DNA for […]
PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateSoundField ↓ More info below ↓ Someone grab the tissues. What is it about a sad song that makes it sound sad? To find out, LA Buckner and Nahre Sol dive into one of the […]
PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateSoundField ↓ More info below ↓ Gucci Mane and T.I. both claim to be the creators of trap music, but are they really trap music originators? Hi-hats. That blazing fast sound is everywhere—pop, reggaeton, country—and […]
PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateSoundField ↓ More info below ↓ The golden ratio is the irrational number Phi. We see it everywhere in the world around us. But, did you know that you can also hear it in your […]
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PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateSoundField ↓ More info below ↓ What is music? From John Cage to Legendary Stardust Cowboy, avant-garde artists have forever been pushing on the edges of what is considered music. Composers like Arnold Schoenberg, Harry […]
PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateSoundField ↓ More info below ↓ Have you heard the conspiracy theory that Nicki Minaj songs are just Jay-Z pitched up? Well that may not be true, but changing the pitch of their songs can […]
PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateSoundField ↓ More info below ↓ What techniques do horror movie composers use to terrify us? A lot of techniques are thanks to Krzysztof Penderecki, a Polish composer whose music was used by director William […]
PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateSoundField ↓ More info below ↓ You can learn more about CuriosityStream at https://curiositystream.com/soundfield Kacey Musgraves won the Album of the Year award at the 2019 GRAMMYs, becoming only the 4th country album to ever […]
PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateSoundField ↓ More info below ↓ “Weird Al” Yankovic might be the first person to come to mind when you think of parody music, but did you know that composers like Bach, Mozart, and Satie […]
