For such an emotionally charged phenomenon the existence of logic, math and physics sure play a huge role in the music.
I've often wondered if there was a machine that could listen to a song and give you a performance score out of 100.
I mean it's perfectly plausible.
The pure foundation of music is built on mathematical ratios.
Number of Semitones Interval Name Notes Just Intonation* Equal Temperament Difference 0 unison C-C 1/1=1.
000 20/12=1.
000 0.
0% 1 semitone C-C# 16/15=1.
067 21/12=1.
059 0.
7% 2 whole tone C-D 9/8=1.
125 22/12=1.
122 0.
2% 3 minor third C-Eb 6/5=1.
200 23/12=1.
189 0.
9% 4 major third C-E 5/4=1.
250 24/12=1.
260 0.
8% 5 perfect fourth C-F 4/3=1.
333 25/12=1.
335 0.
1% 6 tritone C-F# 7/5=1.
400 26/12=1.
414 1.
0% 7 perfect fifth C-G 3/2=1.
500 27/12=1.
498 0.
1% 8 minor sixth C-Ab 8/5=1.
600 28/12=1.
587 0.
8% 9 major sixth C-A 5/3=1.
667 29/12=1.
682 0.
9% 10 minor seventh C-Bb 9/5=1.
800 210/12=1.
782 1.
0% 11 major seventh C-B 15/8=1.
875 211/12=1.
888 0.
7% 12 octave C-C' 2/1=2.
000 212/12=2.
000 0.
0% What is a C in anyway? Hundreds of years ago we used a system of tuning called just intonation or natural tuning.
These gave the values of the harmonic intervals in music.
You can see the slight differences about in frequency as today we use a system called equal temperament.
(After pieces such as The Well Tempered Clavier) What our system of tuning (and indeed our old one) yield are various mathematical and musical anomalies.
Take the video above for example.
Sure while comical and rather musically basic (I mean you could put any number sequence into any scale and pull at something somewhat musical), the fact still stands though that these mathematical ratios in general are the sounds that are most pleasing to our ears.
I mean you start introducing concepts like quarter tones and people run for the hills.
But why? Is is because that's just what we're used to hearing or is it some deeper mathematical law that has not yet been discovered.
This brings me back to my original point.
Are computers going to be able to rate music? Are computers going to be able to create music that is well PERFECT.
They already create a large percentage of original music.
(techno and other computer generated music.
) So is math and computers possibly the future for music? Will music become dare I say, just a product that is manufactured by machines and has absolutely nothing to do with human creativity at all.
Just like cars on a factory line.
Society already takes music for granted.
Brilliant music is treated as a right and not a privilege.
Perhaps in the future this will be taken one step further and music will become just a product and lead to the eventual but inevitable death of music.
I've often wondered if there was a machine that could listen to a song and give you a performance score out of 100.
I mean it's perfectly plausible.
The pure foundation of music is built on mathematical ratios.
Number of Semitones Interval Name Notes Just Intonation* Equal Temperament Difference 0 unison C-C 1/1=1.
000 20/12=1.
000 0.
0% 1 semitone C-C# 16/15=1.
067 21/12=1.
059 0.
7% 2 whole tone C-D 9/8=1.
125 22/12=1.
122 0.
2% 3 minor third C-Eb 6/5=1.
200 23/12=1.
189 0.
9% 4 major third C-E 5/4=1.
250 24/12=1.
260 0.
8% 5 perfect fourth C-F 4/3=1.
333 25/12=1.
335 0.
1% 6 tritone C-F# 7/5=1.
400 26/12=1.
414 1.
0% 7 perfect fifth C-G 3/2=1.
500 27/12=1.
498 0.
1% 8 minor sixth C-Ab 8/5=1.
600 28/12=1.
587 0.
8% 9 major sixth C-A 5/3=1.
667 29/12=1.
682 0.
9% 10 minor seventh C-Bb 9/5=1.
800 210/12=1.
782 1.
0% 11 major seventh C-B 15/8=1.
875 211/12=1.
888 0.
7% 12 octave C-C' 2/1=2.
000 212/12=2.
000 0.
0% What is a C in anyway? Hundreds of years ago we used a system of tuning called just intonation or natural tuning.
These gave the values of the harmonic intervals in music.
You can see the slight differences about in frequency as today we use a system called equal temperament.
(After pieces such as The Well Tempered Clavier) What our system of tuning (and indeed our old one) yield are various mathematical and musical anomalies.
Take the video above for example.
Sure while comical and rather musically basic (I mean you could put any number sequence into any scale and pull at something somewhat musical), the fact still stands though that these mathematical ratios in general are the sounds that are most pleasing to our ears.
I mean you start introducing concepts like quarter tones and people run for the hills.
But why? Is is because that's just what we're used to hearing or is it some deeper mathematical law that has not yet been discovered.
This brings me back to my original point.
Are computers going to be able to rate music? Are computers going to be able to create music that is well PERFECT.
They already create a large percentage of original music.
(techno and other computer generated music.
) So is math and computers possibly the future for music? Will music become dare I say, just a product that is manufactured by machines and has absolutely nothing to do with human creativity at all.
Just like cars on a factory line.
Society already takes music for granted.
Brilliant music is treated as a right and not a privilege.
Perhaps in the future this will be taken one step further and music will become just a product and lead to the eventual but inevitable death of music.
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