The Relationship between Math and Music
INTRODUCTION
Mathematics refers to numbers and calculations, often dealing with magnitudes, figures and quantities expressed symbolically. On the other hand, music is an art of sound through the use of harmonies, rhythm and melodies. Although these two subjects are in contrast to each other, as mathematics is often unpopular to most people for its difficulty and music is easily likeable for its pleasantness, experts have uncovered a strong connection between the two topics.
The connection between mathematics and music is held through the concepts of numbers, patterns, and ratios. Through these mathematical concepts, many music theories were developed. Great mathematicians like Pythagoras, also a renowned music lover, applied mathematics to expand his ideas on music theory. Similarly, famous musicians like Boethius used mathematical concepts to express his musical ideas. These people used mathematical concepts to understand music, and somehow music also helped them to accomplish great things in the field of mathematics.
Music helps enhance one’s mathematical skills by training the brain to think critically and analytically, developing one’s sequential and rhythmic skills, and stimulating the use of spatial reasoning, all of which are useful in solving mathematics. This music theory became famous when study on the Mozart Effect was developed in the late 1950s. Mozart effect is a theory in which one can improve his intellectual performance by listening to Mozart’s compositions. This theory led researchers to study further the correlation between mathematics and music and to prove whether this relationship exists or not.
A. Statement of the Problem
This paper aims to answer the following questions:
(1) What are the theories on the relationship between mathematics and music?
(2) What are the mathematical concepts used develop musical theories?
(3) What are the proofs that music helps enhance one’s mathematical skills?
B. Significance of
Mathematics refers to numbers and calculations, often dealing with magnitudes, figures and quantities expressed symbolically. On the other hand, music is an art of sound through the use of harmonies, rhythm and melodies. Although these two subjects are in contrast to each other, as mathematics is often unpopular to most people for its difficulty and music is easily likeable for its pleasantness, experts have uncovered a strong connection between the two topics.
The connection between mathematics and music is held through the concepts of numbers, patterns, and ratios. Through these mathematical concepts, many music theories were developed. Great mathematicians like Pythagoras, also a renowned music lover, applied mathematics to expand his ideas on music theory. Similarly, famous musicians like Boethius used mathematical concepts to express his musical ideas. These people used mathematical concepts to understand music, and somehow music also helped them to accomplish great things in the field of mathematics.
Music helps enhance one’s mathematical skills by training the brain to think critically and analytically, developing one’s sequential and rhythmic skills, and stimulating the use of spatial reasoning, all of which are useful in solving mathematics. This music theory became famous when study on the Mozart Effect was developed in the late 1950s. Mozart effect is a theory in which one can improve his intellectual performance by listening to Mozart’s compositions. This theory led researchers to study further the correlation between mathematics and music and to prove whether this relationship exists or not.
A. Statement of the Problem
This paper aims to answer the following questions:
(1) What are the theories on the relationship between mathematics and music?
(2) What are the mathematical concepts used develop musical theories?
(3) What are the proofs that music helps enhance one’s mathematical skills?
B. Significance of
Bibliography: Beer, Michael. “How Do Mathematics and Music Relate to Each Other?”. October 7, 1998. Drexel University Chandler, Michael Alison. “Math and Music: Are They Connected?”. Washingtonpost.com. November 18, 2008 Hopkins, Gary. “Making the Case for Music Education”. Education World.com. February 22, 2010 O’Reilly, Sarah. “Can Music Really Aid Math Learning?”. GettingSmart.com. May 29, 2012. Tucows, Inc “Other Benefits of Music Education”. Supporttmf,org. June 13, 2010. The Music Foundation Peters, Zrinka, “How Music Can Help Your Child Learn”. Education.com. April 15, 2011. Education.com Holdings Inc