In a new study published in Current Biology, researchers tried to quantify which kinds of chord changes people enjoy the most when listening to music. One 2017 study is emblematic of existing thinking ...
An organ playing a 639-year-long piece of music has changed chord for the first time in two years. The performance of the Organ²/ASLSP (As Slow As Possible) composition began in September 2001 at the ...
The piece, called “As Slow As Possible” by the late US composer John Cage, won’t finish until the year 2640. The next chord change is in 2 years. When something happens exceedingly rarely, we often ...