Why do we think musical harmony sounds good?
• Musical Harmony — Music and Math by Craig Rusbult
• Harmony and Pythagoras by David Sabine
• a series about Music Theory (with words + simple musical examples)
There will be more pages here later, but not until
late 2009.
Musical Improvisation and Composition—
Combining
Science & Art, Theory & Creativity
Most music, both improvised and composed,
is based on the mathematical harmonies — sequential and simultaneous — that
are the reason for scales and chords in
music
theory.
• Musical Improvisation — Combining
Music Theory and Artistic Creativity
for many kinds of music ( jazz, blues, pop, rock, classical, ... ) by
Craig Rusbult
• The Art & Science of Making
Bamboo Flutes (by Craig Rusbult)
is an example of creatively using design
method.
And there will be more later, maybe by the end of 2010.
If you want to help develop this page, please read "Do
you want to help?" in the homepage for SCIENCE
IN SPORTS.
STANDING WAVES: There is analogy between the quantization of musical pitch (caused by standing waves of sound in a musical instrument) and the quantization of energy (caused by standing waves of an electron in an atom), as explained in The Joy of Science, illustrated in the History of Quantum Mechanics.
And there will be more later, beginning with the basics. (no,
quantum mechanics is not essential for understanding music, and will not be
a
major theme in this section)
Science
in the Arts (homepage)
this page is http://www.asa3.org/ASA/education/teach/music-science.htm