What makes music unique, unlike other forms of expression or communication? I suspect most people could put together a personal list of several things. But among the most important have to be the ways ...

“Rhythm is sound in motion. It is related to the pulse, the heartbeat, the way we breathe. It rises and falls. It takes us into ourselves; it takes us out of ourselves.” —Edward Hirsh Rhythm. It is ...

Brain activity suggests newborns can detect and predict patterns relating to rhythm, study says Newborn babies can anticipate rhythm in pieces of music, researchers have discovered, offering insights ...