Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you grew up with brothers and some form of pool access in the 1980s, you probably played Jaws. Our version went something like ...

They were the two notes of terror heard around the world. They were the two notes of terror heard around the world. “I expected to hear something kind of weird and ...

Two simple notes – E and F – have become synonymous with tension, fear and sharks, representing the primal dread of being stalked by a predator. And they largely have “Jaws” to thank. Fifty years ago, ...

Since the movie release 45 years ago, composer John Williams’ iconic Jaws theme music has become sonic cultural shorthand to signal danger or menace. Two notes and you’re feeling on edge. How do these ...

When two notes are an octave apart, one has double the frequency of the other yet we perceive them as being the same note – a “C” for example. Why is this? Readers give their take This question has a ...

“I talked to [Oscar-winning composer] Hans Zimmer for my book, and he just said, ‘You know, everyone’s scared of those two notes, but for composers, we’re scared of everything after those two notes, ...