Vijay Iyer using FIbonacci number sequences in his music

[davd_indigo]

I was talking with an old friend about music. She's a non-musician school psychologist. We were talking about the dancing cockatoos (Snowball is the superstar here) and whale songs, and how music is perceived AND conceived. Fascinating stuff to ponder.

 

Later on, she sent me a link to a conversation (about 8 minutes long) with Vijay Iyer. He has a PhD in physics. And as mentioned in the piece, a deep understanding of math and neuroscience. He mentions in the piece that his heroes are John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, and Ellington. He said he is exploring the concept of using Fibonacci sequences

 

I can't say I understand all of this, but I find it fascinating.

 

http://www.ttbook.org/book/transcript/transcript-vijay-iyer-music-science

[puzzlevortex]

It would be interesting to try to incorporate some of these ideas into something. Would be a way to force yourself out of your comfort zone when you write.

[RockViolin]

He mentions Coltrane when he says he isn't the first.

 

The sequence seems to be apparent in some of Bach's music also. (I'm not the one who did the math.) I always thought that was wonderful though, and not at all surprising.

 

I'm not active now, but I had a fb friend who was working with fractals in his compositions.