Pythagoras and Music

Published: July 1, 2009, 4 p.m.

b'The musician draws the bow across the violin string and immediately the inert atmosphere becomes vibrant and transparent, "...as if sound from nonspatial realms shines through a window into the world of space.". What is being demonstrated is a phenomenon known as the overtone series, in which any tone, played or sung, activates a column of mathematically-related notes which vibrate sympathetically with the sounded pitch and create resonance. Octaves throughout the universe respond, in a modern,scientific "music of the spheres", echoing the hypothesis that dates back to ancient times and the School of Pythagoras.

Running Time: 16:44 | 22.9 MB
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