Wednesday, January 23, 2008

How is both music magic and math?

I believe that music is both magic and math for many reasons. Music has to be magic, only because it takes a lot of talent to create it. Most people that create music have experienced music lessons of some kind. It could be instrumental or vocal, they are both music and it is both magic. The sounds instruments make can be magical because they produce different kind of pitches. Some pitches can be very high like the piccolo or it could be as low as a bassoon. In the voice, magical sounds could produce as high as a high soprano or as a low bass. Musicians take years creating songs, writing them, and putting it all together to make sense. They have to figure out what makes sense to what and what sounds and instruments can go together. They have to know how beats would sound and if it sounds good or not. The lyrics in music should make sense and should be focus on one topic and not millions. Some people are born with the ability to make music and others are not. Many could take years and some could just take months. Depending on whom you are or what kind of background you are from, or if you were raised with music and ancestors being involved in music could reflect you. Basically, music is magic because it requires so many things anyone could imagine.


Music also requires math because you have to count beats and time your rhythms. There is no way you can write a song without counting or using any type of calculations. You are needed to use keys and related keys to form the math in music. Music also needs math because when records are made and need to be published; artists need to know how many copies of the CD they will be distributing. It would also be a good idea if they can keep track of how many will sell in a month so they will know how many people are actually buying their CD's. Artists and Bands also need music in their math because it would make them money. In other words, they can become millionaires or some maybe to the top already. Some music sheets have numbers and you have to follow them by using math. Also, when playing or singing a musical piece, you need to count whole notes or half beats while singing or playing the song. Math is important in music because artists do not always sing all in one breathe. They take breaks, count, sometimes pause for a few seconds and continue on again. People believe that music is math!


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