In the last few years of writing songs, I’ve been thinking a lot about structure. Like most singer/songwriters, the majority of my songs follow the conventional structure: verse, chorus, second verse, ...

Anyone who has spent a significant amount of time watching rap videos on YouTube over the past few years has noticed a recurring song title in their recommended videos. “No Hook” has become one of the ...

Sometimes it’s those nuances that make a good country song great. The heartrending story, told verse by verse. A quiver in the vocals. Lyrics that leave the listener thinking long after the story has ...

Music offers structure, familiarity, and meaning when feelings feel messy or unclear. It helps regulate, validate, and ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Songs from 402 Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata castanotis) were sampled in order to describe the structure of the song phrase and the ...

Humpback whale song is a striking example of a complex, culturally transmitted behavior, but up to now, there was little evidence it has language-like structure. Human language, which is also ...