Kepler finally found these rations in the motion of the planets when he postulated that the planes must move in elliptical orbits. You might recognize the fraction above as a time signature as it might appear on sheet music. In this case, there are four beats per measure and the quarter note gets the beat. By using this symbol, the time signature is kept mathematically precise in order to keep the music moving. Other ways of keeping the rythm precise are by using a metronome, a device that taps out the beat of the music while a song is playing.
Baroque music is said to be a measure of the times in which it was written.
This is held true with the fact that the music is loud, obtrusive, and nearly gaudy in style. It has also been discovered that the precision of the music creates increased synoptic activity in the brain, which might explain why some of your teachers have been playing Baroque music during exams. The mathematical representation pi has been discovered to carry certain ratios that can be related to the aforementioned consonances. For more information on this topic, refer to The Music of Pi. The Music of Pi Back to the Arcadia homepage.