Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds was in a hotel lobby somewhere in Asia when he first saw a modern version of a player piano. This particular one was tapping out The Beatles' "Yesterday." He ...

In a world filled with portable 25-note mini MIDI keyboards, you might think that a grand piano that offers more than the traditional 88 keys would be out of step with the times, but that’s not the ...

In the Classical era, the colours on a piano keyboard were the other way round – the black keys white, and the white keys, black. So, when did it all change? And why are pianos made up of monochrome ...

Like so many parents, I have fantasies of my children mastering musical instruments, even though my own musical talents are limited at best and memories of my short-lived piano lessons still fill me ...

There can be little doubt that understanding how music works can help you to make better music; or, at the very least, make things easier when you’re at the composing stage of your project. Here, we ...

Duo, Duolingo’s owl mascot—a creature that grew so tired of reminding you to practice your French he caught an awful flu—will now be hounding you to get your damn hands on those piano keys and ...