> > Well, it still aint true. Hardly any artistic expression is more about > > matematics than music. Rhytm is pure matematics and composition is all about > > rules. > > P�l, > Again, we will just have to agree to disagree, my friend, because we are > simply 180 degrees apart on this issue as well. There are mathematical > aspects to music, of course, in terms of tuning and timing. But composition > all about rules? No, no, no. And there are many aspects of music that are > far more important to it than any aspect of it that can be described > mathematically. Expression, emotion, association, inspiration, intention, > inflection, feeling. > > --Mike
Good point Mike! Music played "mechanically", without the proper emotion is just a bunch of notes. How would you explain mathematically the difference between pianissimo and fortissimo? Bill
