If you asked a cross-section of the UK population whether they knew solfège, the vast majority of them would say no. But start singing the words ‘Doe, a deer, a female deer’, and it’s a safe bet that ...

For those who want music, the ability to accurately distinguish between differences in sound is indispensable. In addition to "absolute pitching" which is said to be born as being born, it is said ...

The rhythmic organization is based on rhythmic patterns called tala. The melodic foundations are called ragas. One possible classification of ragas is into "melodic modes" or "parent scales", known as ...