Research On 'The Physics' Behind 'The Music'

Overtone:

An overtone is any frequency higher than the fundamental frequency of a sound.

Harmonics:

A harmonic of a wave is a component frequency of the signal that is an integer multiple of the fundamental frequency, i.e. if the fundamental frequency is f, the harmonics have frequencies 2f, 3f, 4f, . . . etc. The harmonics have the property that they are all periodic at the fundamental frequency, therefore the sum of harmonics is also periodic at that frequency. Harmonic frequencies are equally spaced by the width of the fundamental frequency and can be found by repeatedly adding that frequency. For example, if the fundamental frequency (first harmonic) is 25 Hz, the frequencies of the next harmonics are: 50 Hz (2nd harmonic), 75 Hz (3rd harmonic), 100 Hz (4th harmonic) etc.

Harmonic Series (In Mathematics):

In mathematics, the harmonic series is the divergent infinite series.

Its name derives from the concept of overtones, or harmonics in music: the wavelengths of the overtones of a vibrating string are 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, etc., of the string's fundamental wavelength. Every term of the series after the first is the harmonic mean of the neighboring terms; the phrase harmonic mean likewise derives from music.

Harmonic Series (In Music):

A harmonic series is the sequence of all multiples of a base frequency.

Pitched musical instruments are often based on an approximate harmonic oscillator such as a string or a column of air, which oscillates at numerous frequencies simultaneously. At these resonant frequencies, waves travel in both directions along the string or air column, reinforcing and canceling each other to form standing waves. Interaction with the surrounding air causes audible sound waves, which travel away from the instrument. Because of the typical spacing of the resonances, these frequencies are mostly limited to integer multiples, or harmonics, of the lowest frequency, and such multiples form the harmonic series

Octave:

In music, an octave (Latin: octavus: eighth) or perfect octave is the interval between one musical pitch and another with half or double its frequency. The octave relationship is a natural phenomenon that has been referred to as the "basic miracle of music", the use of which is "common in most musical systems".[1] It may be derived from the harmonic series as the interval between the first and second harmonics

The octave has occasionally been referred to as a diapason.[2]

Octave chart for E Note on the Fretboard

Unison:

In music, the word unison can be applied in more than one way. In general terms, it may refer to two notes sounding the same pitch, often but not always at the same time; or to the same musical voice being sounded by several voices or instruments together, either at the same pitch or at a distance of one or more octaves; or to rhythmic patterns which are homorhythmic.

Fighting The Fretboard 1.0 - A Journal

I have decided to learn guitar and not just to play it but play exceptionally well because of the various reasons and the factors which influenced me to do so. I did my research and finally made my way into the Guitar Center on University Ave and there I met an elderly guy named Dan, who was a super cool salesman. He sat with me patiently while I was playing crap on various guitars displayed at the store and also encouraged me to play more guitars before i can pick one for myself. I have to mention that he was impressed with the knowledge I have on guitars but it didn’t reflect anything in my playability.

Before i actually stepped into the store I had Epiphone Les Paul guitar in my mind, but unfortunately they didn’t carry it in the store and it had to be ordered online which takes at least a week (the day i went into the guitar center was Feb 15th, Saturday). I was so much into learning guitar that I didn't want to wait and let the energy drain out, so I had to choose one and also buy it on the same day at any cost. So I kept looking and trying.

Once the low end lingering Les Paul i.e. Epiphone Les Paul was out of option, I knew my alternative would be either Fender Telecaster or the Fender Squire Strat (Stratocaster). But at that moment for no apparent reason I totally forgot about the Telecaster. I knew I had to get an electric guitar because I did my research and one particular point I came across on some website/blog was that it is advisable for a beginner to get electric guitar if he has this common tendency (which I know that I have) of giving up things way to early and never touch it again. So I considered the worst possible scenario which is, me giving up learning guitar way too early due to low confidence which again because I had this feeling that it is extremely difficult to learn guitar and the question was still there in my mind that 'will i ever be able to play the guitar at least in a decent fashion'?. In order to make it possible I had choose an electric, though I am not into heavy metal nor I like highly distorted music.

Dan at the guitar center was not into pushing me to buy some xyz guitar from his store. The best part was when he suggested me which ones I shouldn't be buying which I think is what a customer really wants to know. So we did go through some acoustic guitars which made me change my mind for a brief moment of time but again since I didn’t want to leave the process of learning guitar mid-way, I had make a final call. The final call was to get a Squire Stratocaster which is a low end Strat from Fender, a well-known brand among the Guitarist’s community. I knew this out of my research again.

Dan helped me tune the guitar and also seriously suggested me to get a tuner instead of a bag or a case. I finally purchased it and what now? I went home with it and browsed the internet to find a random website and immediately started learning. I followed the instructions in the beginner’s guide which was really helpful.

Not to exaggerate but I have to mention that on the first day I got my guitar I was on fire. I was on it for at least 10 Hours. Ten Hours is not a joke. Not a joke for me because I never usually have all my senses focused on one particular thing for more than an hour. I completely accept that I have focus problems.

I started following the steps and procedures listed out and slowly but gradually was able to finish exercises one by one which boosted my confidence and I started spending more and more time on my first guitar.

So here I am on my 6^th Day (5^th day to be precise) learning a Guitar. I wanted to list this out just to keep it documented and also to come back later in point of time and look at how I actually started.

Holding a Guitar:

I have to confess it took me a while like at least couple of days for me to adjust my posture.

Strumming:

Well there are many methods out there but to be specific, I can strum in two patterns mentioned in my learning exercise.

Scales:

The first scale I was able to strum was a Chromatic scale then few others. Here is the list as of today:

1.      The Chromatic Scale

2.      The E-phyrigian Scale

3.      The A Blues Scale

Chords:

Well I am not that familiar with chords yet, but I can not only strum the chords which I mentioned below but also can switch them swiftly.

·         G Major

·         C Major

·         D Major

·         A Minor

·         E Minor

·         D Minor

Practice Schedule:

I can’t believe myself that I am actually investing at least 4 hours on a working day and 8 hours on a weekend day to practice Guitar. I have to admit it is a painful process but I am trying to identify the pain and making myself realize that nothing comes without pain. You will never Know.

SUPER-HABITABILITY and SUPER-EARTH's

Super Habitability is a new term coined in recent times after the inception of a race to find Earth-like planets in a habitable zone, which is supposedly the best placement of a planet in its Star-System to be able to sustain LIFE. Super Habitability OR Super habitable zone is a habitable zone but provides even better chances for the planets placed in those pockets to flourish with Life when compared to our very own Earth i.e with Earth as a benchmark and such planets are considered Super-Earth's. Well, no one has yet answered "how does these Super-Earth's vary from our Planet?", but it is upto the speculation of the intellectuals in the respective field of study and also at the same time it is upto the imagination of the Art community around the world let it be through Writing, Painting and Film-Making. I wanted to chance upon this piece of information i got from NatGeo and put my imagination at work. Here how it goes: In the palindrome year of 2112, a group of space explorers from planet Earth head towards third nearest Super-Earth which was found by the Jame-Webb Space Telescope back in 2019, which is right after one year of operations carried out by the telescope. Although the first two nearest Super-Earth's were explorable, International Space Research Center has suggested that the third one to be explored first due to the fact that they received some radio signals from the planet which were not possible to occur in natural conditions which resembled the WOW signal observed by scientists on Earth back in 1977. The team of explorers approach the new planet in a distant star-system and find stunning similarities between the outward apperance of the Super-Earth in conjunction with the planet Earth. At first they orbit the planet number of times to study its Geography and try to map the region. To their surprise apart from the discrepencies in size and shapes of the land masses the new planet looks just like Earth's sibling. It has a thick layer of atmosphere apparently with almost similar concentrations of CO2, O2 and Nitrogen. It has huge Oceans of Water and Huge rivers flowing across the continents. Huge rivers were found to be huge in both length and width. Before landing on the planet, the team is keen to find any artificial satelites orbitting the planet just in case if the extra terrestial life on the planet might be also intelligent enough to send out artificial satellites just like the Humans did but they find none. They are infact not sure if the planet has any life at all. But the green lushes spread across the huge continents suggest their is vegetation on the planet.
To be continued...

Source: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/01/140117-exoplanets-superhabitable-planets-space-astronomy-science/

Transversing Incidents

I observed a few strange but stunning coincidents which happened this weekend. I have been reading Dr.Kaku's works about String Theory, which i kept avoiding for a long time and very recently my mind started opening up naturally to now absorb the most difficult and most spectacular and most revolutionizing theory and not only that i even starting proposing ideas to myself regarding the logistics and physics of this splendid theory which is yet to prove itself experimentally for the science community to recognize it and also allow it as a syllabus in the schools for education . I was attracted to this theory so much that i even started wondering what if i take a pencil and start working out the mathematics of the 11 dimensions. Ofcourse i know its not going to happen atleast in near future but strangely i kept noticing the similarities of the String theory with outside world. Lets stop here for now.
I visited my friend Samir last Wednesday and he played a song from YT for my pleasure and it was Gypsy Kings - Pharoah. Absolutely stunning instrumental piece solely written by Torino. The best of Gypsy Kings and first time I heard it I fell in love with that song. The way the lead guitarist was playing blowed my mind. I was constantly thinking about the song and also played that song to my wife. Everyone kind of liked it but i was attracted to that song for the simple reason which is the unbeatable skill of the guitarist, Torino in this case who is playing it. Now lets stop again for while.
I completed reading kaku's Hyperspace and started reading his another work called Parallel worlds. The day i was awestruck with the song played by samir, i wanted to order a guitar for a special purpose and i did started research on finding a good and economical one. I also took few print outs of "How to Read Music" from the web. While i was waiting for the guitar which didnt arrive yet as i write this article, i read this particular paragraph from the kaku's Parallel Worlds, which simply blew my mind because of its content and also the timing. The timing was just right. The table is also from the book.

"In this new vocabulary, the laws of physics, carefully constructed after thousands of years of experimentation, are nothing but the laws of harmony one can write down for strings and membranes. The laws of chemistry are the melodies that one can play on these strings. The universe is a symphony of strings. And the “Mind of God,” which Einstein wrote eloquently about, is cosmic music resonating throughout hyperspace. Which raises another question: If the universe is a symphony of strings, then is there a composer?"

I am still contemplating on those last lines. Need to complete this book as fast as i can.

PARALLEL WORLDS by Dr. Michio Kaku

If we humans are able to attain the TYPE 3 Civilization status some day in far future, then we might be able to invent a technology where we can compile all our intelligence into tiny capsules so small that they can be sent into the vibrating strings of matter and eventually escape the Death of The universe by entering into Higher dimensional universe. Strings according to the String Theory are nothing but the tinest possible particles in the existing 3 dimensional world(4d if we include Time as a fourth dimension) and the various types of matter or particles or atoms or chemicals are nothing but theese strings resonating in different frequencies just like the strings on a guitar produce different sounds in different frequencies and notes, thus the cosmos and the universe are nothing but the vibrating strings vibrating in higher dimensional hyperspace. 

Universe might also be an outcome of the one of the probablities of Quantum Tunnelling. There is no proof yet.

To Be Continued...

HYPERSPACE - A Scientific odyssey of Higher Dimensions by Theoretical Physicist Dr.Michio kaku

Things/Experiences i will never forget or things/experiences which i do not want to forget from this book are:

• All forces in the nature are simplified in Higher Dimensions. 
• String Theory predicts the possibility of 10 Dimensions. It actually only permits the possibility of either 10 dimensions or 26 dimensions. 
• For the 26 dimensional theory to be consistent mathematically, string theory proposes that the 26 dimensions are actually a group of 10 Dimensions and another group of 16 Anti-Dimensions.
• Well these Anti-dimensions only play a key role in actually making the 10 dimensional theory stay intact but will not have any kind of effect on the matter.
• Our Universe as-it-is is locked in Four Dimensions (Length, Breadth, Width and Time)
• Original Universe or the 10-Dimensional universe split into two parts at the instant of Big Bang. 
• A Four Dimensional universe and a Six Dimensional Universe. 
• The Ten Dimensional universe was unstable because all the forces are unified in Hyperspace. This is the perfect state but it is Unstable due to High Energy also called as High Energy State. 
• A high energy state is always unstable and it cannot be in that state forever so it eventually split into low energy 4 dimensional and six dimensional universe's. 
• Just like the 3-D universe is curled up into a point or line in 2-D universe, the 6-D universe is curled up into very tiny regions in the 4-D universe. 
• 3-D and 4-D are both the same which we live in, where Time is considered to be the fourth dimension. - All visible matter when reduced into smaller particles will finally stop at Quarks, the smallest particles we know that make up all the matter in the universe. 
• String theory suggests that the quarks are not actually spherical but are irregular vibrating strings looped at both the ends. These vibrations makes it appear to be spherical in nature like an electron or proton. 
• Just like the crumbled sheet of paper in Flatland make the Flatlanders to change the course of their movement across the Flatland, it is the geometry of the Higher Dimensions which define the movements or vibrations of the Strings. 
• In order to verify this phenomenon one needs energy close to Planck's Energy which can be only observed during the instant of creation that is the Big bang itself.
• There is no way with current technology that we can generate such high levels of energy so there is no way to actually prove that the String Theory is Correct. 
• Apart from String Theory there is no other theory that can explain the occurence of the Big Bang or the Creation itself. - There is no way for us to observe the Strings as they measure less than the Planck's length and since we cannot visualize something smaller or equal to Planck's length, we cannot verify it. 
• Though we cannot verify it, all research and all the mathematical calculations suggest the possibility of Higher Dimensions i.e HyperSpace. 
• Infact scientists, physicists and all other great minds observed and believe that the Laws of Nature can only be defined and simplified in Hyperspace. 
• Like the gravity which is weak in the 4d space is actually dominating in the Hyperspace. Its like trying to observe the beauty of a Cheetah in a confined cage, but its true arena is the Jungle, where it is free and wild. 
• One the scale of Type 1, 2 and 3 we humans stand at Type 0. We are a type 0 civilization on the verge of emerging as a Type-1 Civilization. 
• Hurdles to the progress of Human Civilization to become Type 1 or 2 or 3 and may be even Masters of HyperSpace that is the Masters of Ten Dimensional universe: Uranium Barrier (Control Unranium), Ecological Collapse (Damaging the eco-systems), New Ice Age (Change in the axis of spin of Earth), Astronomical Encounters (Comets and Asteroids), Nemisis and Extinction (Extinction Events) and the Death of Sun (Yellow Star to Red Giant) and the Miklyway Galaxy (Collisions with Andromeda). 
• Escape to Hyperspace may be the only solution to the Type-3 civilization in order to escape the Big Crunch or Heat Death.
• Death of the universe is inevitable.

Rude Boy Decepticon D23 (07/11/2013)

Well remember the boy from the Future Transformers, immidiatly after that dream, i had another one with a boy attakcing our car. I was on the right side driving seat of a car most probably in India. Initially it was a dog attacking us. Its actually me. Then it was a boy attacking us. So he broke the wind sheild and tried to punch me then i kicked him out before he touched me. He rolled down the hood and fell to the ground. Now he wakes up and talks in telugu. He says to me that " What is making him think that he can hit me? It his mind. I will hit his head from behind". Well after saying this he turns around and goes to the rear end of my car and starts breaking the window glasses towards the right.

This is where my mind was shocked at the boys behaviour and started identifying this as a dream and then it switched back to the earlier dream (Future Transformers) and identified that is this the same boy from that dream? If not how will it be like?

Like the same boy attacking me taken away by the Decepticons and turn him into a Semi-Human Decepticon? And what if the Decepticons are waiting inside the Valcanos preparing for a bigger attempt to capture this world (Earth)? How would this new army of decepticons look like? Since they are made inside a volcano, do they look like molten rock? or Solidified rock? Or the Decepticons extract iron from the Molten Lava and use it for creating the army of Decepticons to launch an attack on this worlds? Is this boy a trigger all this war?