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Series 2 - How Music Works

Why do certain chords make us feel happy or sad?

Duration: 57 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio UlsterLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Foyle

Why do certain chords make us feel happy or sad? How do algorithms playlist our favourite tunes? Musician and science communicator Emer Maguire makes notes and looks for answers. Show more

Science and Stuff

Series 2 - How Music Works

Chipzel creates music on her game console

Duration: 57 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio UlsterLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Foyle

How Niamh Houston creates Chiptune. How artificial Intelligence arranges your songs. Local gamers take music from screens to stage.
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Science and Stuff

Series 2 - How Music Works

Episode 1

Duration: 57 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio FoyleLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Ulster

Emer Maguire explores the science of music and the music of science. Why do certain chords make us feel happy or sad? And how do algorithms playlist our favourite tunes?
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Science and Stuff

Series 2 - How Music Works

Science & Stuff: How Music Works

Duration: 57 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio UlsterLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Foyle

Emer Maguire explores the science of music. Why does it make us feel the way it does and how can technology change how we consume and compose music? Show more

Science and Stuff

Series 1

Episode 2

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio FoyleLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Ulster

Emer hears about the women who created the internet and meets the entrepreneur telling local stories digitally, plus Joe McNally has the week's stranger science news Show more

Science and Stuff

Series 1

Episode 4

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio UlsterLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Ulster

Emer Maguire tries her hand at virtual cake baking, finds out about affective computing and meets local sci-fi writer Jo Zebede. Plus fish might be smarter than we think. Show more