2007-08-20 02:08:08 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
The ancients called music the harmony of the universe. The progressive notes of the tonic scale actually have a precise mathemetical relationship to each other.
The link is an interesting discussion on music and the Fibonacci series (made famous in the Da Vinci Code)
2007-08-20 02:17:19 · answer #1 · answered by morwood_leyland 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pythagoras discovered that musical notes that are about whole number ratios of each other have pleasing sounds, e.g. 2:3, 3:4, 256:512, etc. From this basic principle, octaves are constructed in Europe. That means there are 8 basic notes. A complex instrument, such as a piano, has several octaves on the white keys, plus some intermediate notes on black keys. Chinese music is based upon 5 notes, not 8, however.
2007-08-20 03:13:12 · answer #2 · answered by miyuki & kyojin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, you will need to apply the relevant mathematics to construct the musical instruments.
E.g. different tension and length of a string can affect the sound and pitch of a stringed instrument such as a violin and guitar
E.g. the length/ diameter of a wind instrument can too affect the sound made
2007-08-20 02:33:03 · answer #3 · answered by Bananaman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot. The prime numbers produce music when played. All music is set on an octave.
2007-08-20 02:16:33 · answer #4 · answered by ag_iitkgp 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is no music in mathematics but there is mathematics in music
2007-08-20 02:52:43 · answer #5 · answered by Joymash 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Music produces sound waves that resembles the graph of y=sin x
2007-08-20 02:48:24 · answer #6 · answered by Kenneth Koh 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well...i dont realy know my guitar teacher tells me like all the time your brain works the same way when your playin instramints your brain works the same when your doing math
2007-08-20 02:16:30 · answer #7 · answered by jeffmrchn 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋