The English language has very interesting sound patterns and pronunciation rules that sets it apart from other languages. These sounds tend to be difficult, if not tiresome for non-native speakers to ...

This article originally appeared in Issue 7 of Crawdaddy in December, 1966. A major source of innovation in any art is external influences, influences derived from widespread, eclectic origins outside ...

When you step up to the mic, it's not just amplifying you; it's also picking up sound from the front, back, sides, or from multiple directions at once. This is what's known as a microphone's polar ...

Nick and Sally copy a sound pattern of buzzes and bells, to unlock a door. When a locked door plays a series of sounds, Nick and Sally try to repeat the sounds, to get the door to unlock. It works!

In the late 18 th century, German physicist and musician Ernst Chladni demonstrated how vibrations could be used to create striking imagery. By spreading fine sand across the top of a metal plate and ...