A LETTER from Dr. R. H. Bellairs, of Cheltenham, appeared in the Times of June 14, describing the performance “by a wild bird, probably a thrush, of the arpeggio of the common chord in tune, ...

Have you ever looked at a piano keyboard and wondered why the notes of an octave were divided up into seven white keys and five black ones? After all, the sounds that lie between one C and another ...

There’s no substitute for getting a handle on music theory and learning your scales, but if you need a quick online reference source, ToneGym’s free Music Scales Tool could come in very handy indeed.