Posts about classical music

In my previous post I showed you a piece of piano music based on a Shepard Scale–it seems to go up and up forever. Listen to it (it’s at the bottom on this link), and then ask yourself: 1. Was that interesting? 2. Was that aesthetically pleasing or beautiful? 3. Was that music? Most people (More…)

Modern classical music, a.k.a. “art music,” often gets a bad rap for being impossible to listen to. In fact, this is completely true. Since you’re probably very busy at work, allow me to take you on a stroll through Youtube and Wikipedia to see why. Part 1: The Shepard Scale First you need to understand (More…)

The movement of music that got me into classical, by the composer that got me into classical.

Previously on this blog I wondered about the origins of a striking electric string quartet piece in an Autodesk ad at the end of a TED video. Thanks to the magic of the Internet, I found some people looking for the same thing on another blog. After a brief discussion in the comments, Sharon Jennings (More…)