Music City's version of the Times Square ball drop has attracted thousands of visitors throughout the years, here's what to know about the celebrated music note.

Central to Nashville’s New Year’s Eve festivities is the Music Note Drop, where the 16-foot, 400-pound musical note is lowered upon downtown Nashville as the clock strikes midnight.

The kall, according to researchers, is a stabilizing and universal resonance, perceived when sound surpasses the repetition of the seven conventional notes and blends with natural harmonics. “It is a ...