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  • Capricho Arabe by Francisco Tarrega

    Capricho Arabe: the first composition of Francisco Tarrega became his epitaph

    Capricho Arabe is the most popular work of the iconic Spanish guitarist Francisco Tárrega who initiated the revival of...
  • Golden oriole

    Flute-like songs of golden oriole recorded in summer woods

    Of all the birds in the Northern hemisphere, the golden oriole has one of the most bewitching songs often reminiscent of...
  • Besame Mucho by Dick Hyman Trio

    Bésame Mucho: song meaning and source of inspiration behind the famous Mexican bolero

    Bésame Mucho is one of the most famous songs in music history that has been tirelessly performed for the past eighty...
  • View of Toledo by Joaquín Sorolla

    Edouard Lalo's Symphonie Espagnole brought to life by the best violinists of the 20th century

    Symphonie Espagnole is an iconic work by the French composer Edouard Lalo, which is believed to have launched the...
  • 24 Tirthankaras

    Navkar Mantra: meaning and concept behind the most essential Jains chant

    Chanting or reciting of the Navkar Mantra is a fundamental spiritual practice of Jainism, an ancient Dharmic religion...
  • The fifth-century B.C. kylix depicts scenes from educational life

    Locrian mode: music examples and harmonic structure

    Music theory describes seven diatonic scales of which the major and minor scales are the most functional and therefore...

  • Savoy Truffle: cautionary song about chocolate by the quiet Beatle

    Savoy Truffle is one of four songs written by George Harrison for the 1968 album The Beatles, also known as the White...
  • Aallottaret (The Oceanides) by Akseli Gallen-Kallelan

    The Oceanides: the deeply impressionistic tone poem by Sibelius

    The magnificent mythology of ancient Greece describes the Oceanids as water nymphs whose life and functions are...
  • Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande

    Bhatkhande: the man who canonized music theory that introduced Indian classics to the West

    Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande was an Indian sitarist and major musicologist who, in the early 20th century, developed a...
  • Roman numerals indicating chords of minor and major scales

    Supertonic chords: types and usage

    In musical theory, the supertonic is the second degree of a diatonic scale—the scale that consists of seven notes per...
  • Roland Dyens

    Tango En Skai: light party atmosphere of Roland Dyens’ challenging guitar work

    Tango En Skai is a popular guitar work by Tunisian-born French composer Roland Dyens whose contribution to the...
  • Valiha Madagascar

    The valiha as unifying element in the stylistic diversity of Madagascar music

    Due to its geographical location, Madagascar displays diverse musical traditions laid down at different times by waves...
  • Spivaki Records at Night

    Overnight recording of spring bird orchestra accompanied by wind and crickets rhythm ensemble

    The numerous studies conducted in recent decades have postulated the undeniable benefits of listening to the sounds of...
  • Giovanni Bottesini by Vespasiano Bignami

    Giovanni Bottesini as most influential contrabass maestro of the Romanticism

    Giovanni Bottesini was an Italian composer and legendary contrabassist of the Romantic period whose work for solo double...
  • Om Ganesh Statue by MusicTales.club

    Ganapati songs and mantras devoted to Ganesha

    Many-armed Ganesh is undoubtedly one of the most popular deities of the Indian subcontinent who is honored by all...
  • Chopin meets The Beatles

    Picardy third: cadence for a happy ending in classical music and popular songs

    In musical theory, the term Picardy third is used to refer to a special way of ending a minor piece with a major chord....
  • Ancient Heart album cover

    Twist in My Sobriety: rare oboe solo in Tanita Tikaram's best song

    Twist in My Sobriety is a song by British pop-folk singer Tanita Tikaram released as a single from her debut album...
  • Bees

    Classical music examples imitating bees and buzzing insects

    The seemingly monotonous buzz that bees emit is a developed communicative function allowing these social insects to...
  • Enayat Khan

    Early 1930s recordings of classical sitar by Enayat Khan

    Enayat Khan was an iconic musician of the early 20th century, representing the fifth generation of the Etawah...
  • Orpheus in a Phrygian cap by Giovanni Dall'Orto

    Popular songs featuring Phrygian mode and Neapolitan chord

    Western music theory describes seven diatonic scales that are the basis of corresponding musical modes, among which the...

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