An international research team investigated the brains of 16 jazz pianists while they played a piece from memory, improvised based on the melody, and freely improvised based on the chord changes. The ...

Traditional Iranian music is not based on musical scores. Instead, traditional melody types are passed down orally. In his new book “Traditional Iranian music — Orality, physicality and improvisation, ...

Music composition and improvisation represent two intertwined yet distinct expressions of creative musical practice. Whereas composition often involves the deliberate crafting of musical structures ...

The magic of musical improvisation. If you think about it, performances almost always involve a great deal of prediction and planning: writing or picking the music, rehearsing and learning the music, ...

Embark on a wondrous journey with cellist Maricarmen Graue and pianist Ignasi Terraza. Between vibrant Mexico City, where cellist Maricarmen Graue lives, and pianist Ignasi Terraza’s exciting ...

We’re looking back at some of the most scandalous stories in R&B and soul music history. Ten years ago, who’d believe Atlanta would mourn the loss of rappers like Takeoff, Bankroll Fresh, and now Rich ...