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Module 1 Post 2 [ Mathematics and Music]

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Mathematics and Music

This page provides lots of links such as videos, podcasts and articles. These links explain counting, intervals, scales, pitches, overtones, patterns, symbols, harmonies and tones. This site has gathered lots of links from trusted sources ( Such as Tedx Talks)

The AMS ( American Mathematical Society) has lots of articles of how math and music are similar. They have listed over 20 links to trusted sources such as universities like “Rice University” (William Marsh Rice University).  I think I will use this page as a place where I can gather extra information from links that I might’ve missed when researching for my topic.

4/4 = 4 quarter notes (4) in a measure. 2/2 = 2 whole notes (2) in a measure. 3/8 = 3 eighth notes (8) in a measure.

Module 1 Post 1 [Music and Mathematics ]

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Music and Mathematics

This site explains a wide variety of how music can relate with mathematics. The site explains that most music pieces have a form known as “Binary” and “Ternary”  form. Binary is a musical form that has 2 sections: A and B. Sometimes it might be A-A-B-B if the composer wants to repeat a section.Ternary is a musical form that has 3 sections. The most common type for Ternary form is A-B-A formation.

This site also explains how a scale is a set of pitches used in creating pieces. Most pieces stay in one key while others change into other keys. Each key has a minor and major key. The higher a note is, the higher the hertz (Hz). A tonic note on A major would have a lower hertz while a note such as a high A would have a higher hertz.This is known as an interval.

I believe this site will be helpful to me because it provides tons of links while also providing a vast variety of why music and mathematics are related.

Module One Post One (Nigel Stanford)

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Nigel Stanford is a performing artist who focuses on the interaction between technology and music through his construction of music videos. Of particular interest, is his exploration with the visualisation of frequencies or pitch: cymatics.

On this site, Stanford breaks down how he made the below music video. For me, this is of interest because it is a great step by step visualisation of how to use different mediums to interpret sound. Ultimately, this is what I would like to explore further. I feel like Stanford’s experiments will be a great foundation to creating my own cymatic device.