“You can’t dance or clap along to it,” cautions Banks, “because of that time signature. When we play it live, you can always see the audience getting caught out.” You have been warned.

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 ...

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

Before it was an iOS game, Clapping Music was a piece of music Steve Reich composed in 1972 without instruments. To play it, one person claps out a basic rhythm. A second player joins in but ...

Bobbing your head, tapping your heel, or clapping along with the music is a natural response for most people, but what about those who can’t keep a beat? Researchers have discovered that beat ...

Musicians have long had trouble with audiences that display more enthusiasm than rhythm. Robbie Robertson of The Band once averred that “the South is the only place we play where everybody can ...