Test your musical memory with TuneTwins
How good is your musical memory? Join our global experiment at TuneTwins.app and share your score with #TuneTwins. Don’t forget to challenge your family and friends!
Read moreHow good is your musical memory? Join our global experiment at TuneTwins.app and share your score with #TuneTwins. Don’t forget to challenge your family and friends!
Read moreHoe muzikaal ben jij? Zing je wel eens mee met het nieuwste liedje van Kinderen voor Kinderen? Dans je wel eens als je Europapa hoort? En word je blij van een vrolijk liedje? Dan vinden wij als wetenschappers dat jij super-muzikaal bent! In ToontjeHogerKids kan je spelletjes spelen om je muzikaliteit te testen en meer te leren over wat jouw hersenen allemaal met muziek kunnen. ToontjeHogerKids is speciaal gemaakt voor kinderen van 8 jaar en ouder. Voor volwassenen is er natuurlijk ToontjeHoger !
Read moreThink about your favorite TV show. Can you hear the theme music already starting to play in your mind? Maybe it’s the epic sounding strings from Game of Thrones or the punchy synthesizer from Seinfeld? You’ve probably heard the music from that show so many times it’s now encrypted in your memory. As music cognition researchers, we are eager to find out what makes some TV tunes more memorable than the others.
Read moreHave you ever wondered why certain songs make it into your playlist? Is it because you’re drawn to music from a specific culture, or do you resonate with certain global pop melodies, or is it simply a preference for a particular style of music?
Read moreDid you enjoy playing the game Memory as a child? You can now play the game with music instead of pictures!
Read moreYou are invited to participate in a scientific experiment that compares the auditory perceptions of humans & songbirds (zebra finches). You will be asked to complete an acoustic task that takes ca. 10 minutes.
Read moreWhen the music starts playing, many of us automatically start moving our feet to the beat of the music. To be able to do this, we need a sense of rhythm. The rhythm in music allows us to dance and make music together and is therefore fundamental to our musical experience.
Read moreDo you recognize the feeling when Boogie Wonderland is played at a party, and you can’t help yourself but to hum along or tap your feet to the rhythm of the beat? Well, you are not alone! Humans are musical beings, and musicality is deeply rooted in our history. Thousands of years ago, music was already used as a medium to transmit stories and legends of communities to new generations, and to honour the gods. Music also played a role in day-to-day life, to express emotions and keep the spirit of the people up. Musicality has always been a part of (human) life, so it is no wonder that a 43-year-old song like Boogie Wonderland still makes you want do dance and sing.
Read moreWe presented the results of the Christmas experiment at ICMPC16–ESCOM11 today. Watch Leanne and Ada’s excellent video overview below, and read more details in our abstract .
Read moreThe AI Song Contest 2021 is complete! The Amsterdam Music Lab powered the public vote, and we’ve made a dashboard where you can explore the results in more detail here .
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