"The Magical Mathematics of Music." Plus.maths.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Apr. 2016. <https://plus.maths.org/content/magical-mathematics-music>.
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Have you ever wondered about how the music that you are listening to came to be? Music is something that many people enjoy and we don’t even realize how hard artists and producers worked to put the music together in a way that people enjoy. Math takes on a very big part when it comes to the making of music because there is math involved in the timing of the singing parts and of the beats and also of the pitch of the music. The producer has to make sure that the singing is inserted at the exact moment the beat starts. They can’t insert it a beat late because the music would then sound off and to do this they must use math to find out in which beat to insert the singing and how long the other beat will come in and so on. Math will be also used for the frequencies of the music. Each beat has its own frequency of pitch and some are higher than others and so if the artists and producers want the song to maintain the same frequency then they will have to adjust the singing and beats so that they will remain the same throughout the song. They will also change the pitch of the beat so that it isn’t louder than the actual singing. Music is like an art filled with math and in parts that we wouldn’t even imagine used it. "The Magical Mathematics of Music." Plus.maths.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Apr. 2016. <https://plus.maths.org/content/magical-mathematics-music>. Blanca Pineda
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Jessica Ruiz
4/29/2016 05:57:25 am
This is very interesting to me because I love listening to music. Thinking about music mathematically makes it seem a lot more complex and could allow people to appreciate the effort that went into producing the songs. Great post!
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Blanca Pineda
5/5/2016 06:57:52 pm
When I found information on it I realized how complex music really was and how much effort the producers put into putting the song together. Thank you
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Joseph Foy
4/29/2016 08:36:14 am
Very interesting! I have some experience with music, but not in the way that you have just described it. I especially like how you went into deep thought about the frequency and pitch of the notes. Awesome!
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Blanca Pineda
5/5/2016 06:59:20 pm
Same here, I didn't realize that the pitch and frequency were so mathematically involved but I guess they are so that one doesn't over power the other.
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TaMia Artis
5/1/2016 07:39:44 pm
Musical pieces are partitioned into areas called measures or bars. Every measure exemplifies an equivalent measure of time. Every measure is partitioned into equivalent segments called beats.Fractions are utilized as a part of music to show lengths of notes. In a musical piece, the time signature educates the performer data regarding the beat of the piece. Without this the artist wouldn't play the note for the appropriate measure of time .
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Blanca Pineda
5/5/2016 07:02:24 pm
Wow I did not go into depth on the musical pieces and now I see that math is even more involved in music than what I have previously thought. Math can be integrated in almost every section of music.
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Camryn King
5/5/2016 09:38:06 am
This is very interesting! I knew that a lot went into making music, but I didn't realize so much of it had to do with math. This makes me think of poems and how they have a certain rhythm and rhyme scheme so that it flows. Song lyrics have to have this too, and I bet artists don't even realize that they're doing math when creating songs. Great post!
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Blanca Pineda
5/5/2016 07:04:59 pm
I like how you were able to connect music with poetry because of how they both have rhythm to them. There may be a different kind of math involved for poetry but I'm quite sure math is involved in poetry since math can be basically found in anything and everything. Thank You
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Xaviera Pride
5/6/2016 07:21:49 am
Yes, if we didn't have math, music would be no existing, music is like the center of life and everything, so without music the whole world would be messed up, so that means that we do really need math.
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