Amal Biskin has been playing the violin since age 5. Her parents, both musicians, required it. “It was as fundamental and obligatory as doing my homework or brushing my teeth,” she said. A New York ...

A melody is more than just a sequence of notes. Rhythm, variations in loudness and the length of musical phrases all enhance the sequence of notes to make a melody “original”. Each of these adds a ...

Perfect pitch refers to a person’s ability to identify any musical note by name after hearing it, without reference to other notes. Perfect pitch—also known more technically as absolute pitch—can also ...