Which may be why exposing children to classical music at a very early age (as infants) may well have an effect on their mathematical abilities as they grow. Which of course doesn't explain me, as my father listened to The Classics constantly, and I'm a mathematical idiot! <g>
That being said, sometimes breaking what are perceived to be "the rules" can lead to a very satisfying and stimulating result. I'm thinking particularly of jazz, and the be-boppers, hard-boppers, free-jazzers, free-boppers and avant-guardists. They all broke the "rules", but if it weren't for them, we'd still be listening to Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong (not that there's anything wrong with them - quite the contrary!). I will agree, however, all of the above can be expressed with mathematics, even if the innovators didn't realize that at the time. regards, frank P�l Jensen wrote: > Surely! Music is pure mathematics. Reseach has even shown that matematic skills >improves if listening to music; particularly complex music. > Try to put music together without "rules" and nobody would listen to the resulting >cacaphony (except some avantgardist who'd think its great art :o) ) > > P�l -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
