There is a great article in the new Seed Magazine on the relationship between music and mathematics. It is hands down the best article I have ever read on it.
If you enjoy how art and science are one and the same, I strongly recommend you read that article.
http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/20...pe_of_music.php
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First off, Thanks for opening this up for me. You're a good person.
As far as the math/music correlation, this holds so much more truth than many realize. Timing 'is' mathematics when relating to music. Of the multitudes of school aged students I've had over the years, one thing that stands out from statements from the various parents is that their kid's math scores went up.
An example would be what's called a "time signature" which appears at the beginning of a piece of music, and many times changes throughout. A time signature (ts) is a fraction. A common ts is 4/4, meaning, four quarters per measure. Or, eight 8ths, 16 16ths....one whole note etc. .
Music takes this to different levels of understanding though such as a ts of maybe 5/4, or how about 3/8? ...1/16? Some musical pieces will layer 2 time signatures over one another such as a 7/8 over a 4/4 which creates kinda a 'spin' feel. Now couple this with say a pianist who is comprehending this alongside of 10 finger independence AND a sustain pedal and I think this may help to get an understanding of the development of both hemispheres needed to perform at a professional level.
What's interesting is that time signatures follow the same numbering system group as say the breaking down of ip chunks within the individual classes of networks -- 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128
