There is now a vigorous debate over the evolutionary status of music. Some scholars argue
that humans have been shaped by evolution to be musical, while others maintain that …

Birdsong shows striking parallels with human speech. Previous comparisons between
birdsong and human vocalizations focused on syntax, phonology and phonetics. In this …

The role of the amygdala in recognition of danger is well established for visual stimuli such
as faces. A similar role in another class of emotionally potent stimuli–music–has been …

The paper will draw on ethnomusicological, cognitive and neuroscientific evidence in
suggesting that music and language constitute complementary components of the human …

Over the past century, research on the relation between music and emotion has
overwhelmingly focused on the perceptions and experiences of Western listeners in …

Expression in musical performance is largely communicated by the manner in which a piece
is played; interpretive aspects that supplement the written score. In piano performance …

Song composers incorporate linguistic prosody into their music when setting words to
melody, a process called “textsetting.” Composers tend to align the expected stress of the …

The human singing voice holds immense power-to convey mood, emotion, and identity in
songs, provide music's undeniable" wow" moments, and communicate a pop song's …

US9721551B2 - Machines, systems, processes for automated music composition and
generation employing linguistic and/or graphical icon based musical experience …

The therapeutic uses of music can vary greatly from one part of a country to the next, from
one therapist to the next and across national and continental lines. This groundbreaking …