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Zeus
from San Francisco (United States) on 2004-12-12 22:16 [#01423683]
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My girlfriend is a math minor, and she is doing a presentation on the Fibonacci sequence, so she asked me to compose a piece utilizing the fibonacci sequence in a composition.
Briefly:
the melodic lines are based on the sequence. 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233
starting on D, and assigning D as 1, D# as 2, E as 3, F as 4, F# is 5, G is 6, G# is 7, A is 8, A# is 9, B is 10, C is 11, C# is 12 etc etc etc
the sequence is thus:
D=1 D#=2 E=3 F#=5 A=8 D=13 A#=21 B=34 G#=55 F#=89 C#=144 F#=233
that bars are also in order of the sequence. One bar of 1/4, one bar of 2/4, one bar of 3/4, one bar of 5/4, one bar of 8/4
this phrase repeats itself as the basic structutre.
the phrase places once, then changes, plays 2 times, changes, plays 3 times. Then the next section adds the strings.
The 16th note divisions of the celesta occur on the 1st, 2ns, 3rd, 5th, 8th, 13, etc 16 notes of the bars, but the sequence starts over at the beggining of each bar.
the marimba part plays on beats 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 (also starting over at the beggining of each bar)
both the celsta and marimba then begins to be doubled starting on the next pitch of the sequence. so where it was 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 etc, its now playing 1+2, 2+3, 3+5, 5+8, 8+13 etc.
the bongos follow the same pattern as the celesta line. but with added down beats on the back beats for pulse.
the cello line also follows the note sequence, but the notes last for the duration of each bar, repeating at octaves. Each succeding bar adds more rythms with the next note from the sequence.
the final section retrogrades (plays backwards) the celesta, marimba, and bongo parts.
Its pretty academic (but hey, was writen for a math presentation!)
Anyways, I think the results are suprisingly interesting, and even somewhat pleasent.
I hope you enjoy... thoughts are welcom!
href="http://www.kcinsu.com/audio/Sequence%20Music%20For%20 Sequence Music for Celesta, Marimba, Cello, a
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Zeus
from San Francisco (United States) on 2004-12-12 22:17 [#01423684]
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bah too long of a post:
Sequence Music for Celesta, Marimba, Cello, and Bongos
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corticalstim
from Canada on 2004-12-12 22:20 [#01423685]
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downloading now.
ive always been interested in this kind of thing, and im eager to compare the description with the music.
do you have a midi file of the sequences i could maybe check out?
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Zeus
from San Francisco (United States) on 2004-12-12 22:22 [#01423686]
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Im going to be scoring it all... I post it as a PDF when Im done. (Ill probably add notes pointing out everything Ive done on the score)
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corticalstim
from Canada on 2004-12-12 22:24 [#01423687]
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scoring eh? pdf file eh?
:( ...nevermind
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weatheredstoner
from same shit babes. (United States) on 2004-12-12 22:43 [#01423691]
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cool, i like it.
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ecnadniarb
on 2004-12-12 22:48 [#01423694]
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Nigga me and wMw or his twin brother mWm was doin this shit mad years ago.
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Zeus
from San Francisco (United States) on 2004-12-12 22:59 [#01423696]
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yes, but did yours have BONGOS?!
rspct
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Zeus
from San Francisco (United States) on 2004-12-12 22:59 [#01423697]
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thanks :D
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ecnadniarb
on 2004-12-12 23:02 [#01423698]
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yes, ours even included samples of Homer playing Mr Burns head as bongos as well.
WE WERE/ARE SUPERIOR.
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Zeus
from San Francisco (United States) on 2004-12-12 23:03 [#01423699]
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well then. I bow down in shame and self loathing.
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uviol
from United States on 2004-12-12 23:27 [#01423706]
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This is really interesting stuff Zeus. Good job. I've been an admirer of Schoenberg for some time.. it sounds like your ideas are comparable.. are at least your working methods. The piece itself actually reminded me of some Steve Reich pieces I have on CD.. for whatever it's worth.
Thanks for sharing this.
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Zeus
from San Francisco (United States) on 2004-12-12 23:29 [#01423707]
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thanks man!
I love steve reich! (and Schoenberg is cool too, but Im more down with the minimalism)
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ecnadniarb
on 2004-12-12 23:40 [#01423713]
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Mutual muso intellectual masturbation all round.
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Matvey
from Kiev (Ukraine) on 2004-12-13 05:27 [#01423786]
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downloaded.
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JAroen
from the pineal gland on 2004-12-13 06:08 [#01423808]
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fibonacci : meh
fibonacci in music : overrated pretentious mathematical bullshit
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JAroen
from the pineal gland on 2004-12-13 06:08 [#01423809]
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imo.
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Matvey
from Kiev (Ukraine) on 2004-12-13 06:15 [#01423819]
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meh
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JAroen
from the pineal gland on 2004-12-13 06:26 [#01423831]
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Meh is used to describe any and every word possible, including:
Yes No maybe kind of never always ok alright no thankyou yes please look bitch i really dont care so just shut the fuck up if you want whatever If you wnat i dont want to really well shut up i dont really care no honestly, i dont care...
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Drunken Mastah
from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2004-12-13 08:37 [#01423952]
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erererrrreerrrerr...
ævtøkr.
music and maths are not the same, mixing leads to crap. Music is emotion.
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qrter
from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-12-13 08:47 [#01423957]
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nah.
emotion is the firm terrain of humans.
although music is a product of humans, it in itself does not contain any emotion.
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bryce_berny
from chronno (Canada) on 2004-12-13 08:58 [#01423966]
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the shephard tone is an example of math mixed well with music
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bryce_berny
from chronno (Canada) on 2004-12-13 09:01 [#01423967]
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sorry that's "shepard", and notable users of it are, autechre on their ep 'gantz graf', beck on his album 'sea change' and lusk on their album 'free mars' in the fantastic track 'undergarten song'
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Matvey
from Kiev (Ukraine) on 2004-12-13 09:08 [#01423971]
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"emotions are nothing but lack of information"
quote from some friend who quoted her university teacher.
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bryce_berny
from chronno (Canada) on 2004-12-13 09:29 [#01423986]
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thats awesome! hehe
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hell
on 2004-12-13 09:58 [#01424007]
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qrter ....
apparently your mom was music and your dad - math....cuz mixing led too CRAP i.e. you bastard
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hell
on 2004-12-13 10:00 [#01424009]
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qrter ... SORRY ....
that was for Drunken Mastah! bah ....
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Drunken Mastah
from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2004-12-13 11:36 [#01424074]
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you interpret music as emotion. You do not interpret numbers as emotion.
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bryce_berny
from chronno (Canada) on 2004-12-13 11:39 [#01424077]
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math is not just numbers the fibonacci sequence is a very emotional sequence, its ties to nature are both interesting and enlightening
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Drunken Mastah
from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2004-12-13 11:40 [#01424079]
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math is a theoretical subject about quantities.
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bryce_berny
from chronno (Canada) on 2004-12-13 11:46 [#01424087]
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"Mathematics is commonly defined as the study of patterns of structure, change, and space; more informally, one might say it is the study of "figures and numbers"."
I could just as easily say that music is a theoretical subject about scales and frequency variations.
Generalising like that doesn't get to the heart of what the concepts in a subject do to someone emotionally.
Math is emotional.
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Raz0rBlade_uk
on 2004-12-13 13:59 [#01424301]
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this is cool :D you are smart
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Drunken Mastah
from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2004-12-13 14:58 [#01424375]
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I don't know anything about scales or frequency variations, nor have I ever learned any musical theory, but still I make music. You can't do math without knowing how.
Normally Zeus is one of the most talented musicians on the board, and I haven't heard a song by him I haven't liked before, but this was crap, and since Zeus normally makes amazing music, and this piece was based upon maths, I can conclude that using maths for music sucks, while Zeus still rocks.
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virginpusher
from County Clare on 2004-12-13 15:20 [#01424402]
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If you choose to listen to the wave you must accept what the wave brings
-Schoenberg-
I will listen to this
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virginpusher
from County Clare on 2004-12-13 15:31 [#01424407]
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I really liked this. It would be interesting to hear more of your darker ambient and beats based off sequences like this.
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virginpusher
from County Clare on 2004-12-13 15:32 [#01424408]
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Member since 2004-08-01 10:38
and you just posted now?
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Drunken Mastah
from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2004-12-13 15:35 [#01424411]
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he felt he had something important to add.
He's also my lover.
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hell
on 2004-12-13 15:59 [#01424451]
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let's not make this into an argument of whether music and math are related. Zeus obviously proved they are. and if you had any real music knowledge you'd know that composition does have math involved in it.
but of course, math is not for everyone ... nor are emotions, buddy.
people like that peice, i do too. and you are free to stick to your own opnion. just try giving feedback instead of 'crap'.
PS: sure i'll be your lover...
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bryce_berny
from chronno (Canada) on 2004-12-13 16:49 [#01424495]
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I just wanted to argue, I didn't even listen to the song hehe
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qrter
from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-12-13 17:39 [#01424532]
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you can't conclude that based on one occurence.
I can't believe I just typed that.
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obara
from Utrecht on 2004-12-13 18:54 [#01424632]
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the track IS nice. and music IS math - just listen to the second track on geogaddi :)))
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fleetmouse
from Horny for Truth on 2004-12-13 19:12 [#01424648]
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I like this. I prefer your more abstract work. There was this other piece you posted not too long ago that was pleasantly discordant. All angular and shit. Wish I could find it on my hard drive, but alas.
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Drunken Mastah
from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2004-12-14 09:03 [#01425034]
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I've heard more tracks based on maths, calculations and two that were created by random filter manipulations that the computer calculated... they've all sucked.
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