YouTube & Music Class: Pi Day!
Last Monday, March 14, was Pi Day. Students were able to view "What Pi Sounds Like" via YouTube and our Epson projectors. The creator of this piece assigned a pitch to each number and then played the progression of notes on various instruments, staggering the entrances as in a fugue.
I was able to use this example to point out several composers who have used mathematical formulas like this for creating music, from Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) to Paul Hindemith (1895 – 1963).
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