Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts

Friday, September 21, 2012

I've got (almost) rhythm

Music is one of the things thought to make us human, to differentiate us from animals. If you've ever heard a piece of electronically generated music, you can tell in an instant. The beat is too regular, too perfect. It's a little unsettling. Researchers in Germany have been looking at the flip side: what makes music human?