Apple has long hidden this wealth of diacritical marks and other special characters as keyboard extras—if you knew the right keys to press. Some third-party keyboards expose these as reminders ...

When great musicians play the classics, they often like to recreate the exact feel of a piece of music. But when playing Beethoven, many musicians completely disregard the tempo markings on his ...

Some music includes tempo markings that suggest the performer must slow down, especially during the coda, the final section of the music. This is known as a ralentando.