Donald Duck in Math Magic Land - Music
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Mathematics?
That's for eggheads.
Eggheads? Now, hold on, Donald,
- You like music, don't you?
- Yes.
Well, without eggheads,
there would be no music,
Come on,
Let's go to ancient Greece,
to the time of Pythagoras,
the master egghead of them all,
Pythagoras?
The father
of mathematics and music,
Mathematics and music?
You'll find mathematics
in the darndest places,
Watch,
First we'll need a string,
Stretch it good and tight,
Pluck it,
Now divide in half,
Pluck again,
You see? It's the same tone,
one octave higher,
Now divide the next section,
And the next,
Pythagoras discovered
the octave had a ratio of 2:1,
With simple fractions,
he got this,
And from this
harmony in numbers
developed the musical scale
of today,
By golly!
You do find mathematics
in the darndest places.
You can imagine how excited
Pythagoras was
when he shared his findings
with his pals,
a fraternity of eggheads
known as the Pythagoreans,
They used to meet in secret
to discuss
their mathematical discoveries,
Only members
were allowed to attend,
They had a secret emblem,
The pentagram,
Let's see what the topic is
for today,
What's going on?
lt's a jam session.
Give me something with a beat!
So from these eggheads,
the Pythagoreans,
with their
mathematical formula,
came the basis
of our music of today,