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a 16 September 2000 Article... "SCHOLARS are discovering
mathematical complexity in the Music of JS Bach".
Can you
believe this??? Some scholars. Only now, just "discovering"
this!
The
STORMSwirl which Steve has adopted as the
STORMWORKS logo is part of a mathematical series
called the Fibonacci Series, discovered by Leonardo Fibonacci.
The Fibonacci
series begins with 1 + 1 and continues to take the sum of
the preceding two sums.
This
series can be found in objects ranging from astronomical bodies
(like M51 shown above) to ram's horns (used in Steve's
Festival of Light)
and snail's shells. It can also be found in rates of growth
(such as population growths).
Other
composers, such as Bartok, have built moments in music around
the Fibonacci series, but none have truly drawn the correlation
between music and this series like JS Bach and now... Stephen
Melillo.
Steve's 34-Matrix,
Symmetrical in as many ways as you can imagine! Consecutive
integers to the number 16 are arranged so that choosing
any patterned grouping of 4 blocks yields the sum of 34!
This Matrix appears in his symphonic works as well as
a piece entitled "34-Matrix" and 2 of the "storm"
works.
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16
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3
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2
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13
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5
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10
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11
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8
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9
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6
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7
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12
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4
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15
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14
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1
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Look
here for more information and analyses (scans, etc.)
of Steve's usage of Fibonacci in the future! For a somewhat
*intense* look at more of the inner workings of Storm Music
and mathematics via an Independent Film, consider renting
the film, PI.
ARTICLE
involving MMMS Curriculum by MATT
SMITH
The
STORMWORKS Logo, like much of the Stormworks Music,
is proportioned in the Fibonacci Series, which serves as
the mathematical basis for the shape of playing cards, the
Parthenon, sunflowers, snails, Greek vases, Rolls Royces
and the great spiral galaxies... to name only a few.
Plato
said, "It is impossible to join two things in a beautiful
manner without a third being present, for a bond must exist
to unite them, and this is best achieved by proportion."
C.
Arthur Coan writes, "Nature uses this (the Golden Mean)
as one of her most indispensable measuring rods, absolutely
reliable, yet never without variety, producing perfect stability
of purpose without the slightest risk of monotony."
Why
does the smallest bacteria grow, as do horns and fangs,
with the same relationship as a comet's tail spinning away?
It is because of the logarithmic ratio expressed by the
Fibonacci Series, a relationship which permeates Nature...
and Music from the Storm!
Symbols:
Consider 3's and its relationship to the Trinity or Pyramid
which incorporates both the 3 and the 4, a representation
of the 34 which is the 9th number in the Fibonacci Series,
or the 3rd 3rd. Consider the 5-note motives and titles for
another layer of meaning relating to the "5-wounds".
These simple correlations will help those who sense
the difference in the Music and lead them to a more complete
experience and understanding of Music from the Storm.
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