Part of How To Classical. Why does the oboe tune the orchestra? Why does the orchestra sit the way it does? What does rosin actually do to a violin bow? If you find the traditions of the classical ...

In the dusty corners of TikTok, Reddit, and YouTube's comment sections, one peculiar conspiracy refuses to die. It has to do with the way music is tuned-specifically, the frequency of the note A above ...

I’ve spent the last week listening to out-of-tune music. Or maybe I’ve been listening to out-of-tune music all my life without realizing it. Yes, it’s possible. A small cadre of disgruntled listeners ...

It depends on what you mean by “out of tune”. If you are referring to melodies, the answer is that people have built-in expectations of how a tune will develop, based on whatever musical scale their ...