Intonation is an integral part of communication for all speakers. But can sign languages have intonation? A new study shows that signers use their faces to create intonational ‘melodies’ just as ...

Auto-Tune is best known as a vocal processing tool, but with ATG-6, developer Antares is bringing its pitch detection technology to the world of guitars. Currently in development, ATG-6 is being ...

Artists Joe Bonamassa just teamed up with Fuchs Audio on a signature tube amp that might just save you spending $175,000 on a Dumble Guitars Harley Benton unveils Custom Line jumbo 12-string with a ...

Yesterday, Gibson Guitars released its self-tuning Robot Guitar. It'll add about $800 to the price of a new guitar (it's available only on mid-range guitars with street prices over $2,000), and will ...

For most Western musicians since the 18th century, the tuning system known as equal temperament is the structural bedrock of musical life. By compromising the pure harmonies of the natural world - ...

Believe it or don’t, until electronic tuners became available in the ‘70s, people used to tune their guitars by ear. Not everybody was that good at it. You even used to hear “out-of-tuneness” on hit ...

Since Antares Audio Technologies first introduced its Auto-Tune vocal pitch correction technology in the late 1990s, musicians and fans alike have been somewhat divided about its use. Some artists ...

Scale of just intonation in A, heard melodically. Scale of just intonation in A, heard as intervals.

If you're a guitarist, you've probably heard your instrument go slightly out of tune every time you clamp a capo onto the fretboard. A capo is the simple spring-loaded mechanism that raises the pitch ...

On Jan. 21, the Boston Microtonal Society presents a concert including an American classic, Ben Johnston's String Quartet No. 4, "Amazing Grace," composed of variations on that hymn's standard tune.