Thursday, April 26, 2007

What Do Numbers Sound Like?

This website contains a list of math songs. The numbers assigned are actually the major scale degrees that correlate. If you don't know basic music theory, think "Do = 1, Re = 2, Mi = 3, Fa = 4, So = 5, La = 6, Ti = 7, Do + Octave = 8, Re + Octave = 9, and 0 = Quarter Rest." Listen to $\pi$ up to 1,000 digits on the piano alone or on the piano, bass & flute together.

Open (to interpretation) question: Which number sounds the best? Which transcendental constant sounds the best?

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