{"587072":{"#nid":"587072","#data":{"type":"event","title":"The Physics of Music","body":[{"value":"\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThis event is free and open to the public.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Physics of Music, by Michael Ruiz, University of North Carolina, Ashvill\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUsing musical ear-training exercises, in conjunction with Lissajous figures, we will establish the simplest ratios for the frequencies of the major scale. We will call this scale the musician\u0026rsquo;s scale.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThen we will proceed to use strings and pipes to arrive at the harmonic series, which we will call the physicist\u0026rsquo;s scale. We will show how the I, V, and IV harmonies pervasive in Western music emerge naturally from our analyses with live piano performances in classical music and jazz. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/arts.gatech.edu\/content\/american-association-physics-teachers-aapt-plenary\u0022\u003EAmerican Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) Plenary\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Physics of Music"}],"uid":"27664","created_gmt":"2017-02-07 18:17:44","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:12:57","author":"Alison Morain","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2017-02-18T17:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2017-02-18T18:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2017-02-18T18:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2017-02-18 22:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2017-02-18 23:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2017-02-18 23:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"587074":{"id":"587074","type":"image","title":"Physics of music","body":null,"created":"1486491706","gmt_created":"2017-02-07 18:21:46","changed":"1486491716","gmt_changed":"2017-02-07 18:21:56","alt":"","file":{"fid":"223738","name":"AAPT_piano (002).png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/AAPT_piano%20%28002%29.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/AAPT_piano%20%28002%29.png","mime":"image\/png","size":1198917,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/AAPT_piano%20%28002%29.png?itok=21ipZZDI"}}},"media_ids":["587074"],"groups":[{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"960","name":"physics"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003Eamorain@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}