March 14 (3/14) is Pi Day: celebrating the number pi:
3.14159….. Pi is a numerical constant
that stands for the diameter of a circle to its circumference, no matter the
size of the circle.
What does that have to do with music? Several individuals
have tried to transform the number pi into music. So for something different in
this blog, here are some videos that illustrate that effort.
Here’s a scientific explanation of pi in terms of musical
notes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOQb_mtkEEE
Here’s how a composer wrote a song with the number pi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7vovDiPjW4
Here’s a song where the composer takes pi and assigns each
number to a note on the A harmonic minor scale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMq9he-5HUU
At this website you can access its
sheet music and read about the story behind this song.
Listen to the ruse Performance Movement 1 of the Pi Symphony
at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGK2i2BaWW8
Who says music isn’t intellectual while being creative?
