I quote myself from my article ‘Science of language’ posted on this website on May 12, 2014. It is the interaction of sounds, tempo, and pitch that creates music, just as the interaction of known facts and knowledge coupled with imagination, conjecture and inspiration produces new scientific discoveries. From a basic source of sounds, rhythms and tempos, an infinite variety of musical expressions and emotions can be produced. Music composition is basically a mathematical exercise. Both music and science use mathematical principles and logic, blended with creative thinking and inspiration to arrive at conclusions that are both enlightening and inspirational. Similarly, Pythagoras laid down the condition that would be pupil should know geometry and music. Pluto insisted on a knowledge of music and mathematics as the part of any one who sought admission to his school. Mathematics and Music have gone hand in hand in ancient Greece. Music is based on sound and a knowledge of sound from a scientific standpoint will be an advantage. Although music is essentially an art, but it uses methods of science for its own purposes. Music is said to be highest of the fine arts.
Music helps us express and experience emotion. Science is essentially related to intellect and mind, and Art to emotion and intuition.
Is music a science or an art? The answer to this question naturally depends on the meanings we ascribe to the word music, science and art. It’s amazing that something so subtle can elicit profound emotional reactions in people. Somehow that air- which has almost no substance whatsoever- when vibrated and when made to hit the eardrum in tiny subtle ways- can make people dance, love, cry, enjoy, move across country, go to war and more.
A painting, a sculpture or a photograph can physically exist, while music is just air hitting the eardrum in a slightly different way than it would randomly. The fascinating thing about music is that technically- in a very literal way- it doesn’t exist. The event marked one of Monroe’s final public appearances she was found dead in August 1962 at the age of 36, and JFK was assassinated the following year. Kennedy at a celebration of his 45th birthday, 10 days before the actual date (May 29). President” is a song sung by actress and singer Marilyn Monroe on May 19, 1962, for President John F.