Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Mathematics and Art - Tampering for Confirmation
So with a idea in mind and what to do I set out some time apart today for Mathematics and Art. Finding time for my mum out of the kitchen I went in and did a little experimenting. Looking around I found my glass measuring jug so I could determine exact values for the volumes of water. Next I grabbed a metallic chopstick for maximum vibration sounds and effect and basically started with no water in the jug and tapped the side with the chopstick. Now I was certain I could create different notes with this idea but unfortunately I now had to wait for tomorrow to confirm more results as my mum needed the kitchen back for dinner. So it was a definite that the more water I had the lower the note. And the smaller amount of water in the container the higher the note.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Mathematics and Art - Extra Research
At this point, I had to of course ensure that I could either create a composition or find a famous composition that could appropriately gauge the presence of mathematics in art which was music in this case. At this point, I spent my efforts locating a song that employed the mathematical properties discussed in my essay. And I managed to find one that has been with our lives for many a year since childhood. So this was the composition that I aimed to play along with the various other demonstrations of mathematics that I wanted to portray, 'Mary had a little Lamb.'
The piece only that I played of course only followed the top bars of every line with the notes already listed on, where these notes only employed notes considered to be Fibonacci Notes when 'Low C' is treated as a the root note.
Now, despite the fact that I lacked the actual material to represent my idea I also was aware of the fact that I lacked a little bit more research to ensure that my idea would actually properly and genuinely work. It was now up to me to find out the volume of water needed in each glass or bottle so I could properly mimic, a real piano scale for each separate note. Going through sites I located a variety of sites that each determined a different method to replicating a piano scale which made it difficult. So it was now my job to take up some spare time to find any normal glass and play around with it by tampering with water levels and comparing it with my piano to ensure that everything was right. So having done the research and saving it all in separate bookmarks for future reference when necessary.
The piece only that I played of course only followed the top bars of every line with the notes already listed on, where these notes only employed notes considered to be Fibonacci Notes when 'Low C' is treated as a the root note.Now, despite the fact that I lacked the actual material to represent my idea I also was aware of the fact that I lacked a little bit more research to ensure that my idea would actually properly and genuinely work. It was now up to me to find out the volume of water needed in each glass or bottle so I could properly mimic, a real piano scale for each separate note. Going through sites I located a variety of sites that each determined a different method to replicating a piano scale which made it difficult. So it was now my job to take up some spare time to find any normal glass and play around with it by tampering with water levels and comparing it with my piano to ensure that everything was right. So having done the research and saving it all in separate bookmarks for future reference when necessary.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Mathematics and Art - Idea created
As demonstrated in my Mathematics and Art Practical Project Essay in the link below I have chosen a medium to represent the ideas of mathematics and art.
http://robtey.blogspot.com/p/mathematics-and-art-practical-project.html
For maximum effect of this, I decided to directly represent a piano scale, or octave with a set of 8 bottles in the form of a water xylophone. So now every bottle would be designated with a letter in a scale on the piano. Low C, D, E, F, G, A, B, High C respectively. Now it was my job to find a good set of 8 bottles or glasses to represent this scale.
http://robtey.blogspot.com/p/mathematics-and-art-practical-project.html
For maximum effect of this, I decided to directly represent a piano scale, or octave with a set of 8 bottles in the form of a water xylophone. So now every bottle would be designated with a letter in a scale on the piano. Low C, D, E, F, G, A, B, High C respectively. Now it was my job to find a good set of 8 bottles or glasses to represent this scale.
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