A New Way of Looking at Music

[JCsman]

Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in D minor". But with digital tracking of the organ keys. A beautiful piece of music, but, I think, the visual added an interesting element.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipzR9bhei_o

[Deans BMW]

Wow, that is neat.

Gives a completely different perspective of the piece.

[Griffon]

That's great stuff! One of my favorite book sis "The Painter's Secret Geometry" by Charles Bouleau. The book is about the classical composition of painting and drawing, but devotes an entire chapter to the mathematical similarities between painting and music. Botticelli, for example, based his composing on musical intervals. Though not a contemporary of Bach, it fascinating to "see" the music in this way.

I think I'm going to pay a visit to the website listed at the end of the video in the hopes that there are more "visualized" pieces there. It's one thing to read about the compositional similarities between art and music. It's quite another to actually see it demonstrated!
:eusa_clap:

[jamming]

That's great stuff! One of my favorite book sis "The Painter's Secret Geometry" by Charles Bouleau. :eusa_clap:

Thanks Bill, pretty cool.

Jeremy, really??? a favorite huh? I would have never made the connection.

One of my favorite books is John Birds Mechanical Engineering Principles.
I could read about sheer force and ductile strengths all day. Yes, I'm a geek.

[Griffon]

Thanks Bill, pretty cool.

Jeremy, really??? a favorite huh? I would have never made the connection.

One of my favorite books is John Birds Mechanical Engineering Principles.
I could read about sheer force and ductile strengths all day. Yes, I'm a geek.

That's one of the great things about the book. The connections it makes with the other arts are pretty stunning. There was a time when all of the arts knew they were connected, and frequently and deliberately referred to each other. We've moved on to a a time when many of the aspects of human endeavor have become isolated. In spite of this, the relationships are still there. This idea is one of the undercurrents in "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance".

I can certainly appreciate the attraction of sheer force...:eusa_clap:

[Wild Will]

Love it, although I much prefer Walt Disney's wondrous animation in Fantasia, circa 1940. I still enjoy that film. The Sorcerers Apprentice still delights me, after all these years. Happy Mothers Day!

[Elsie Smith]

Very nice, mesmerizing, like watching flames flicker.
Periodically some of the PBS stations have short
interludes with very animated (colors, instruments),
etc. of classical works.