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Connections between Musical and LogicalMathematical intelligences
Connections between Musical and LogicalMathematical intelligences

Author(s): Diana Elena Sârb
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai

Summary/Abstract: Music is both science and art. It is an important component of human nature, existing in all cultures, generating joy andpleasure by means of interpretation or listening. Music is scientifically explained from Pythagoras, while connectionsbetween mathematics and music have been signalled since ancient times. Furthermore, nowadays we are also studyingpossibilities to streamline the functioning of the brain which involves relationships between different types ofintelligences, corresponding to different cortical areas.Music is often referred to as the mathematics of sounds due to the numerous synapses that occur between the two fieldsof knowledge. The influence of mathematical concepts in music is mirrored by parameters such as musical rhythm,archetypal forms of musical creations as well as melody and harmony. However, the art of the musical sounds remains auniverse with a strong presence of the emotional and of the creative side of the human being.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 17
  • Page Range: 112-118
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: English, German