You don't need to be an astrophysicist to play guitar

[taabru45]

......but it might help.... :lol: .....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_May

 

[fearless]

Fascinating article.
Science/math and musical ability often go together, I've heard.

 

[learnintoplay62]

Well, there goes any hopes of becoming a rock star

 

[Scratch]

Fascinating article.
Science/math and musical ability often go together, I've heard.

Dang; all these years I was hoping an education, history and economics background would help out. This pretty well 'splains it for me. :?

 

[fronobulax]

Fascinating article.
Science/math and musical ability often go together, I've heard.

The correlation is well documented but I have never seen anything definitive about cause and effect. I'm a better mathematician than a musician but that could be a result of how I invested my education and make my living rather than any intrinsic talent or lack thereof.

 

[Bikerdoc]

I always figured that true mathematical precision is found in music. Music formula is a mathematical beginning and mathematical conclusion. I know there were hypothesis created following experiments done with children (same family) of professor parents. The end result of playing classical music to the kids every night beginning as babies, was that all the children were college grads in their teens with very significant IQ's. Was it the music or was it genetics? I recall there was some opposing views regarding the parent's conclusion.

I gave it a try on my first born; playing classical music at bedtime. I didn't do it every night and I didn't do it after Matthew started school. But I can tell you that at 3 years of age he was handling square roots. For the record, it didn't give him any greater common sense however. :lol:

Peace