Does the knowledge of mathematics and acoustics help music creation? Dose it harmful to artist's soul and emotions?
Dear Mohammad,
Here is a similar discussion.
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Must_a_musician_know_about_physics_and_mathematics?_tpcectx=qa_overview_following&_trid=VGtDHf1kQ2tydd2lGxel0V0g_
You should watch video of famous nobelist Richard Feynman on this subject. Here is a segment of the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRmbwczTC6E
He explains his wise view on the perception of beauty of scientists vs artist.
The knowledge of acoustics and mathematics is important for a musician.
Allow to know and explain a series of phenomena associated with the perception of the sound/music, musical performance and musical composition.
Depending on the type of musical composition, the mathematical knowledge can be associated to pure inspirations.
I agree with Carlos that depending on the type of music and nature of musical genre and the approach of the musician in his/her creation process one may benefits from math and physics; concrete music is an example of that.
Dear Mats,
Just as an example in the context of the phenomena associated with the perception of the sound /music, the musical consonance can be interpreted in the area of acoustics/mathematics.
The perfect musical intervals (octave, 2: 1, fifth, 3: 2, and fourth, 4: 3) correspond to frequency relations of small integers. These consonant intervals are among the first harmonics (frequency components) of a sound.
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