“As musicians, we’re always taught there is an octave divided into 12 pitches,” says David Temperley, a professor of music theory at the Eastman School of Music. Researchers at the University of Rochester are using advanced tools of music technology to unlock the secrets of blue notes and published their findings in the journal Music Theory Online. In the musical realm, these notes “between the cracks” of conventional pitches are called blue notes. In the words of soul singer Marvin Gaye: “There’s got to be other notes some place, in some dimension, between the cracks on the piano keys.” It is not only vocal quality and emotional expression, but the actual notes sung-and not just the usual notes on the piano keyboard. What makes a great singer in the tradition of jazz, rock, or blues?
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