The double handclap – most powerfully deployed in Patrice Rushen’s Forget Me Nots – is now a staple of pop thanks to Dua Lipa and more. Its practitioners explain why it’s still so catchy The trailer ...

One TikTok trend has just exposed how, while Black folks have a natural sense of rhythm, White folks are still struggling to ...

Scientists have developed an app to understand why some rhythms are more difficult to perform than others. Scientists at Queen Mary University of London have developed an app to understand why some ...

Over the course of four articles, we will unravel the musical secrets hidden in the Hanshin Tigers' cheering. You can find ...

Children explore rhythm through clapping as well as following and making 'rhythm squares'. This looks at one beat (crotchet) and then 2 beats (quavers) in same time as the 1 beat (crotchet) and then 4 ...

Clapping is a universal gesture used across cultures to celebrate, protest, worship, or perform—but a new study shows it's not just social, it's also deeply scientific. Researchers from Cornell ...

Scientists at Queen Mary University of London have developed an app to understand why some rhythms are more difficult to perform than others. They collected and analysed a huge dataset of more than ...

They collected and analysed a huge dataset of more than 100,000 people and found that changing rhythm is more difficult than playing a complex individual rhythm. The app challenges users to play ...