And the great composer, Johann Sebastian Bach, reportedly sometimes treated the composition of music as exercises in solving mathematical puzzles. Sound of Math Today, the language of mathematics is used to represent most musical ideas. Musicians know what notes to play and how to perform a certain piece of music thanks to time signatures, note representation and scale progressions. Just as important, math is used to analyze music and other sounds. Music can be thought of as organized sound.
Sound begins when some physical body, in contact with the air, vibrates.
The surrounding atmosphere then begins to vibrate, causing periodic variations in atmospheric pressure, which are called sound waves . These waves are much like the ripples seen when a rock is dropped into a pond. The bones and skin of the ear are pushed by these rippling waves, and nerves send a message to the brain where the sound is interpreted. Because sound can't be seen, scientists make graphical representations on paper. Thus, sound becomes math.