The President and the Polka

Supporting Content

• Knock on wood – six stunning wooden concert halls around the world

  Steel and concrete can't beat good old wood to produce the best sounds for music.

  

• The evolution of video game music

  Tom Service traces the rise of an exciting new genre, from bleeps to responsive scores.

  

• Why music can literally make us lose track of time

  Try our psychoacoustic experiment to see how tempo can affect your timekeeping abilities.