Notes are fractions!

Notes also have a certain math to them, whole notes, half notes, quarter notes, eighth notes, and sixteenth notes are the basic notes. They're all fractions! Even rests or pauses in the flow of music are measured in musical time.

Cool quotes about Math and Music.

“Music is the pleasure the human soul experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting.”
-- German mathematician and philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz (1646-1716)

“Mathematics and music, the most sharply contrasted fields of scientific activity which can be found,
and yet related, supporting each other, as if to show forth the secret connection which ties together
all the activities of our mind, and which leads us to surmise that the manifestations of the artist's genius are
but the unconscious expressions of a mysteriously acting rationality.” –19^th century German physician and physicist Hermann von Helmholtz


“May not music be described as mathematics of the sense, mathematics as music of the reason?” –19^th century English mathematician James Joseph Sylvester

Musician's corner

Mathematics is involved in many fields of study. The most amazing relationship is between Mathematics and Music. It seems that one cannot imagine two fields that are farther from each other: one is associated with feelings, the other- with mind. However, in reality, music not only cannot live without math, but it is also a result of the principles of mathematics and physics.
First of all music is divided into measures, that follow time signature. Time signature tells you how long  the music unit (the beat) is, and how many music units make up a measure.

Beauty of Mathematics

This is a beautiful video! Watch this!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h60r2HPsiuM

It is fascinating to see how most mathematicians describe mathematics as beautiful and aesthetic creative art. They often compare mathematics with music and poetry...

Math Videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imAh-lQsNJM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1WQvIvdZS4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD65vFLnW1c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VCYgCNOuEM

How big is the million?

What do you think, how big is the million?

Let's try to count together...