THE SCIENCE OF MUSIC

THE SCIENCE OF MUSIC

BY PETE HOLLY

IN THE EARLY DAY'S OF REGULAR SCHOOLING MUSIC WAS TAUGHT NOT
AS AN ART,BUT AS A SCIENCE.FROM MUSIC SPRANG THE STUDY OF
MATHMATICS AND FROM MATHMATICS WE HAVE COME TO UNDERSTAND
EVERYTHING WE KNOW ABOUT THE UNIVERSE THAT WE LIVE IN.MUSIC
WAS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING THE CONCEPT OF TIME,IN ORDER
FOR EVERYONE TO STAY ON THE SAME PAGE,SO TO SPEAK,MUSIC NEEDED
TO BE DIVIDED INTO SEGMENTS OF TIME.REGULAR RYTHMS AND TEMPO'S
WERE NEEDED TO MAKE MUSIC PLEASANT SOUNDING AND SO TIME
AND INSTRMENTS FOR KEEPING IT IN A PRECISE WAY WERE INVENTED.

AT SOME POINT IN THE LAST 700 YEARS-MUSIC WAS SEPARATED FROM
THE WORLD OF SCIENCE AND RELAGATED TO THE FIELD OF THE ARTS.
WITH THAT SEPARATION CAME THE LOSS OF KNOWLEDGE THAT BOTH
MATHMATICS AND OUR UNDERSTANDING OF TIME BOTH WERE
ORIGINALLY BY-PRODUCTS OF THE STUDY OF THE SCIENCE OF MUSIC.

ONE MIGHT JUSTIFIABLY ASK,-"WHAT HAVE WE LOST" FROM SEPARATING
THE FORMER SCIENCE,MUSIC,FROM THE REST OF THE SCIENCES AND
RELEGATING IT TO THE OPTIONAL STUDY IN THE SOMEWHAT SERENDIPITOUS NATURE OF "THE FIELD OF THE ART'S"-TO BE TAKEN OR
LEFT BEHIND.

WHAT WE HAVE LOST IS THE TRUE NATURE OF THE HUMAN MIND.HOW
IT SHAPES OUR VIEW OF THE WORLD AND HOW IT CAN TAKE MUSIC AND
AND EXTRAPALATE THE NOTION OF TIME AND A TRUE UNDERSTANDING OF
MATHMATICS WHICH TOGETHER ADD UP TO OUR COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD AND OUR PERCEPTION OF IT-SPACE-TIME-
MATTER AND ENERGY AND HOW THEY ALL INTEREACT WITH EACH OTHER.
ONE MIGHT ARGUE THAT IN SUPPRESSING AND SEPARATING MUSIC
FROM OTHER TYPES OF KNOWLEDGE-WE HAVE ALIENATED THE MIND
FROM IT'S TRUE VALUE.

written by Pete Holly-Copyright 2009-all rights reserved

NOTE:PETE HOLLY HAS BEEN STUDYING MUSIC,HISTORY,SCIENCE,ART
HISTORY,PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE FOR THE LAST 35 YEARS.
THIS PAPER REFLECTS JUST ONE OF MANY IDEA'S HE HAS DISCOVERED DURING THE COARSE OF HIS STUDIES.