MLT Club Member Jürgen
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Speaking of mathematical symmetry and music, I’ve seen some interesting documentaries dealing with the relationship between mathematics and music. Unfortunately all in German and not very helpful here. But perhaps an interesting aspect of these documentaries: the golden ratio or golden section. The golden ratio plays an interesting role not only in art, architecture or photography (images designed according to this principle appear more interesting to the viewer; the golden ratio describes a specific division ratio of a distance or other size, in which the ratio of the whole to its larger part corresponds to the ratio of the larger to the smaller part), but also in music.
With a little imagination and scientific inaccuracy, this aspect ratio can also be applied to the human body. But the golden ratio can also be applied to music. The idea that there is such a universal code in nature and perhaps throughout the universe is tantalizing and was particularly popular in the 19th century. It can’t be scientifically proven, as far as I’ve understood. Leonardo da Vinci and Albrecht Dürer believed in a geometric-mathematical harmony in portraits and in the depiction of people. Michealangelo, on the other hand, rejected this idea: man cannot be pressed into a fixed measure. It seems to be the same in music. Some believe music follows a universal code that permeates the entire universe, others dismiss this as imprecise and not very scientific. Myth or mathematics?
Since I didn’t find any English-language documentation on this topic that I liked, I’ll try to add a German-language documentation. Just a quick overview. However, English subtitles can be set and selected. sorry for that. I hope you like it anyway: “How much mathematics is there in music?”
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Hi Jung,
very nice to hear from you again. A wonderful guitar rendition of this timeless piece of music and a gifted guitarist indeed. I have never heard of him before. Thank you for sharing.
Maybe not quite appropriate to the topic, but some time ago when I was looking for music played on the Theremin I found this cover version of „Somewhere over the rainbow“. The Theremin always exudes something mysterious and spherical. It actually goes very well with the song. An enchanting dance of frequencies.
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If I understood correctly, inventor of the VOX Guitar Organ Dick Denney, along with his friend Thomas Jennings, created the famous VOX guitar amps that benefited the 1960’s music scene. The Shadows were the first famous band to use VOX amps. Later the Beatles also had VOX equipment. Thomas Jennings dedicated himself to building electronic organs and synthesizers. The Jennings Organo-Univox is one such device. Made by Jennings, it came in a faux snakeskin case that houses the valve amp/speaker and keyboard.
If you are interested in this instrument, you can also buy it restored. Current daily rate: £1,617.38 😀
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Hey David,
Vox Guitar Organ? Never heard about that, a very interesting music instrument, thanks. Apparently nobody knew exactly what to do with it or what style of music it could support. Some of the sounds remind me of the old slot machine hits like Donkey Kong & Co.
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The Tiny Harmonica, only something for professionals…
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…or this two guys 😀:
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For those who are interested, a brief history of the harmonica (part 1):
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Hi all together,
are your (US) calendars always from sunday to saturday? That’s funny, I didn’t know that. That would really bother me. No, no, a good calendar always starts on Monday and ends on Sunday. This is the course of the week. I totally agree with Mona and Lisa 😃
But seriously, do you know why that is different?
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Hi Jung,
I wish our physics teacher had introduced us to such exciting things as the Theremin. Instead, we learned about magnetic fields, coils and Ohm’s law in the 7th school year and calculated resistances. And with every calculation of the resistance, my resistance to physics increased until the induction voltage in my brain became so large that it resulted in my personal big bang and physics drifted permanently out of my universe. A real pity.
PS: I’ve heard good vibrations many times, but never consciously noticed what instrument creates this slightly extraterrestrial sound in the background. I always found that sound funny and fitting to the song and never thought about what I was hearing.
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Well said Jeffery, of course Mona and Lisa continue this honorable tradition 😀
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Hi Chris,
yes it is a rather mechanical sound, you are right. But I think in the beginning of synthetic music people tried to compare the sounds with something they already knew. When the synthesizers were further developed, a rather pointless undertaking. Thanks for calculating the inflation rate, that’s interesting. Converted $5,413, a proud price! No wonder that this instrument was a slow seller at that time.
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Linda Krieg is one of the few blues harmonica players in Germany:
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„Schnuckelpferd“ Productions: 😄 Tom that’s a funny title/term. But seriously: I’ve never seen Ian Anderson playing with a harmonica only with his flute (That’s Ian, right?). Good finding, thanks.
How about this one?
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I will forward it, David. But I’m not really convinced yet:
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Hello David,
thank you for your quick response. That wasn’t a quirk from your French teacher. We all do that here. In the meantime I looked it up (open questions make me very antsy). Due to the difference of opinion between the individual religious communities that you described, the UN agreed in 1978 that the week begins on Monday. There’s even a separate standard for this: The ISO-8601 standard defines Monday as the first day of the week, well… . On the other hand: Some calendars are so beautiful to look at that you forget the time when you look at it. Who needs Mondays or Sundays then? 😀
