Pi music - Music made from ancient rhythms that tap out the digits of pi

MeterMan on April 8, 2022 at 9:33 pm

Idea: Pi music – Music made from ancient rhythms that tap out the digits of pi

Link: https://www.npr.org/2011/03/14/134492882/h...

Right, they don’t mix because we count in decimal and music doesn’t. I found this link from an article I read on pi day a while back, its got some pi music in it too.

How To Transform The Number Pi Into A Song

Link: https://www.npr.org/2011/03/14/1

Musician Michael John Blake had to exercise a little arithmetic in order to compose, record and put on YouTube his musical interpretation of the famous mathematical constant. Here, he explains how his viral hit came together.

Martin on April 8, 2022 at 3:41 pm

Idea: Pi music – Music made from ancient rhythms that tap out the digits of pi

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1eRdL3dwS...

I think the op meant pi rhythms rather than notes. I had a look on youtube and think this one is the video that inspired the idea. it uses pi in the timings. Great video too.

when the time signature is π/4

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

ChrisP on April 8, 2022 at 10:08 am

Idea: Pi music – Music made from ancient rhythms that tap out the digits of pi

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continu...

I like how this video explains that this little number pops up pretty much everywhere – and always did, even before consciousness existing and could attempt to comprehend it.

3 Ways Pi Can Explain Almost Everything

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?ti

Clever Dick on April 8, 2022 at 2:25 am

Idea: Pi music – Music made from ancient rhythms that tap out the digits of pi

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOaR4NS7Ob...

Just googled it and found this version – it’s different to the others I saw, so I guess that means the number isn’t fundamental and has to be interpreted, in and infinite varieties of ways.

The Melody of Pi - 226 digits - chromatic π base 12 waltz - by Jim Zamerski

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

HADRIAN ION on April 7, 2022 at 11:30 pm

Idea: Pi music – Music made from ancient rhythms that tap out the digits of pi

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdYzqLgMmg...

Pythag didn’t like PI OR ANYTHING IRRATIONAL = but he did try to make numbers into music, I guess there is a long history of relating math to sound. Not sure, but this video explains a fair bit of where lots of it started.

How Pythagoras Broke Music (and how we kind of fixed it) [see comments for corrections]

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=