How I Wrote a Song With the Number Pi

[@aSongScout]

After this video I got back in touch with my physics teacher (Mr. Bishop) and he has a band! Check out their KZbin channel here (he's the guy on the far right): kzbin.info/www/bejne/bF6qpZuwhbaYo7c

[@TheLegoCreationist]

*YOU HAVE TIDMOUTH SHEDS FROM LEARNING CURVE?*

[@aSongScout]

@@TheLegoCreationist Well, my family did, but yes, haha.

[@TheLegoCreationist]

@@aSongScout It's very nice! I adore old thomas wooden railway though i don't have many, but did you ever play with those sheds?

[@rAhhhHhhxhdvh]

Pi day? made me Remember that one youtuber who hates pi.

[@rAhhhHhhxhdvh]

that james ,You know the odd1sout ,Who watched that youtuber

[@Coconut_Cola]

If pi goes on forever, making a song with pi has every song ever made, and ever will be made.

[@yesmadlol9124]

Dalton Weickert it could still go on forever by going 12121 or something of that sort. Even though one of the reasons pi is so interested is because it doesn’t repeat, that doesn’t mean that every single combinations of number happens

[@Coconut_Cola]

Or even one where Unicorns are in Zoos, and nobody believes in the long neck spotted horse they call “Giraffe.”

[@Coconut_Cola]

“Yourself” might be looking at “You” reading this at this moment, from another planet although it’s a copy world where you are doing the exact thing, at the exact time. Some from the comfort of their Kitchen, some from their bedroom, some with what we call superpowers, and some with Phones or TV’s.

[@Coconut_Cola]

Looks like one of my comments was deleted. Oh well, the basics of it were, with infinite worlds, we couldn’t walk because infinity would take up too much space, meaning our planets must be technically countable, there comes copies of worlds, some exact, some nearly identical, like you being Walt Disney. Or ones where Colonel Sanders started Starbucks. Or I’m Ford Prefect, and this is me trying to reach Arthur Dent to show him the bizarre world.

[@nuggetoftruth865]

@@yesmadlol9124 Not quite true. Pi is an irrational number, meaning it will never form a reliable pattern like the 12121 example you gave. Non-repeating doesn't just include a full repetition of all the digits, just an infinitely repeating section of the digits. This means that the number 8.684367548548548548..., although the whole sequence is not repeated, still repeats the series 548 at the end, and therefore can be expressed in a ratio and is rational. Pi is irrational, meaning that there will never be an infinite repetition like that, and so Dalton Weickert is correct in some form. The area in which he is wrong is that pi has 10 digits, 0-9. Our scale has 12 semitones, meaning that there are 2 tones that are never heard and therefore any songs containing those notes will never be played.

[@TeodorBendréus]

Piece begins 14:26

[@adwinationsanimations6848]

Teodor Juri thank you

[@dieLX479]

Thanks

[@giannalovestosing6340]

Teodor Juri Thanks!

[@poopiesheart6458]

Yes

[@ghazaljavadian9978]

Teodor Juri really thanks

[@akangaqsa7193]

The song that never ends

[@thatrandomamazingperson4119]

Akang aqsa it is the song that never ends, it just goes on and on my friend, someone just started singing' it not knowing what it was. singing' it forever and forever and forever just because it is the song that never ends.

[@uriahedwards]

Why did it take me until June 3, 2020 to learn that Pi is representative of how many times a circle’s diameter fits into its circumference?

[@calinguga]

because education failed you

[@SeansYTEntertainment]

Frikken ditto! At 50 no less!

[@Dinosaurkitkats]

Ikr

[@bikergirl2000]

Ditto

[@vincentfreddoyle7555]

Circumference/diameter

[@vegard4520]

“Nooo you can’t just make music out of a number that’s stupid!!!” “Haha number go brr brr”

[@gioachinolorelli5138]

"It is stupid". That statement is absolutely right. Doing something with numbers, it is a good exsercise for the brain, exactly likr Sudoku, but, my god ... this music is boring, it is artificial. It can be created by a computer. There is no soul, mo emotion. it don't tell you a story, it no creates an imagine. It is only a series of notes with harmonization, but these notes are not coming from the heart. it is a math matter. Somebody can say that also Bach is math. Wrong. Bach is music and math can be apply to Bach music. Pi music is the opposite: is music apply to math. End of story. I can listen to Bach for hours and hours. Pi music is annoying after 15 seconds. Excuse my english. I'm italiano. Ciao.

[@jordanicefresh]

@@gioachinolorelli5138 so are you saying that this song is annoying?

[@hugoguh1]

@Scryptol that dani used this template doesnt mean he created it

[@braydensims6649]

pewdiepie

[@liuyangyang2587]

Gioachino Lorelli he has emotion linked to the numbers for bi. Like he said...curiosity. He wants to discover ways you can use the numbers of pi. Emotions of math which he expressed through the art of music.

[@ichliebebaeumeweilbaum]

15:39 he calculated some digits while staying home during a plague? So maybe the next great discovery is near because a mathematician gets bored during the new disease xD

[@carcharoclesmegalodon6904]

Praise Corona-sama!

[@arty4750]

​@@carcharoclesmegalodon6904 oopsies;(

[@andrewzhang8512]

#Newton

[@user-xh5xw5sy4h]

@Andrew Zhang What does this have to do with Newton?

[@davincent98]

@@user-xh5xw5sy4h he figured something out during the centennial plague

[@aykasu]

OMG AFTER 9 YEARS HE UPLOAD THIS? I FROM RECOMENDATION KNOW YOU xD i only now watch this video Its very cofusing...

[@ngthoangyen]

Thanks so much for the music sheet. My niece was born on March 14. I will set a goal to play this for her as a present.

[@justapassie]

hey tomorow is March 14!! got any plans?

[@keybothenotnerd]

Did you do it? Its fine if uou didn’t! The thought alone was so cute

[@ngthoangyen]

@@keybothenotnerd I havent made it yet but Im still going to piano class once a week to learn. I will finally make it. Thank you ^^

[@ngthoangyen]

@@justapassie I celebrated it each year with my family. March 14 is always a special day and this song is a legend 😅

[@Reinminer]

Your pi song video was one of the first ones that made me think "my brother would have loved this!" since he had only just started to turn math into an art/music video

[@pan6846]

Piano, “Pi” and “ano” Pi as in the number and then ano is what Japanese people say when they’re about to say something at the top of their tongue.. a song that never ends.. music played from the piano, infinite and the words delivered into the fingertips and pressured upon the piano.

[@sebastianciarfella3061]

Ano is anus in Spanish

[@gioachinolorelli5138]

@@sebastianciarfella3061 Ano in italian mean Ass.

[@LucasPasig]

Ano in tagalog ia like uhmmm or what?

[@leonannaves9273]

Ano is year in portuguese

[@sebastianciarfella3061]

@@gioachinolorelli5138 and anno is year. And yes i know Italian and Spanish

[@fistrovicc]

The fact that he started this just amazes me! Keep up the work, you are my biggest inspiration.

[@samdashtu2212]

I don't know why, but for me this song is so touching!

[@yorxdann3390]

It's wierd to think that this song will never end. Like you expect for an end or a climsx, but it just keeps going...

[@Uvouvo05]

20 seconds in and he already explained more about pi than most of my teachers, that being what it actually is

[@InDstructR]

Your video was the reason I was so interested to pi as a child! I can't believe KZbin recommended this to me this is so cool to see

[@ClockBestEvent]

I normally watch your tetris content but every pi day I return here. Happy pi day everyone

[@bodyguard21]

You got a pretty cool physics teacher having a party on pi day

[@justapassie]

pi day is tomorow!!

[@Just_Your_Average_Goose]

Wow... youtube you introduced me to this video on pi day... ...the day this was created.

[@drandrewsanchez]

Holy crap sir this video was phenomenal. I don't always do so but I watched it in its entirety. Your original video I came across several videos was one source of inspiration for learning about pi and music theory (along with vi heart and my personal music journey). KZbin is so awesome sometimes to see one of my favorite videos resurface years later. Great video, story, score, and the way you added the facts about pi made it that much more engaging.

[@elysse5294]

okay, wait. it’s been 9 years. wut

[@QuotientGD]

4:17 I have that book too! It's also where I started gaining interest in it!!

[@lilsyrosey]

this sounds so oddly relaxing and i don’t know why

[@thatmcgamer3106]

I agree, I enjoyed your version. Even after other people’s interpretations I always come to yours.

[@Briedys101]

I salute you ! You are not only musician, but also analytical mind. This one is deadly combination :)

[@baileyrocks9438]

16:32 is it bad that as a flute player I know what note that is despite all the ledger lines...It’s an A

[@nanamacapagal8342]

That just makes you far superior

[@estheryap9535]

Sounded B to me?

[@Xplicity]

Um it’s a B tho

[@baileyrocks9438]

Xplicity welp, I stand corrected... I can’t play that high but hey, at least I was close

[@Xplicity]

@@baileyrocks9438 yeah I had no clue what it was, i had to count to know

[@Djdjesika]

Якооо! Поздрави от България :) Cool! Congratulations from Bulgaria :)

[@aruts-eshnav]

time14:26 : the play begins. it is nice that you wrote: how digits people remember?.

[@JazzyWaffles]

Wow... nostalgia. That video is why I originally subbed, back on my old account, circa 2012...

[@Gabsy007]

that piece was truly amazing! Didn't no what to say but this brought me to tears.

[@oferzilberman5049]

The music is just so beautiful and so well made. I didn't really went through the entire piece in the original video so I am glad I did now.

[@gconor101]

Gawd!! I love and hate the internet!! My son and I had a thought that "imagine we could use musical note to 'hear' pi". but low and behold, it's already done, and done well. thanks for the explanation, I think you did a great job and I'm going to use it in class when introducing the circle. Good on ya!

[@seanfan84]

remarkable work. You and every human involved in the past, present, and future.

[@real.bingus]

Holy cow, I didn’t know that you had a music channel as well!! I’ve been watching your tetris content on aGameScout for a while now and just found this channel!

[@mariamali6589]

When I was watching the video I was watching this in march 14 which surprised me 😮

[@Ari_speaks]

Omg I absolutely luv your videos! You area amazingly talented and at such a young age. Thank you for sharing, luv the baby pics!

[@CezarThornton]

*R.I.P. Left Hand* Only true musicians know.

[@anawesomepet]

Ha, A small amount of notes for left hand at the end.

[@literallynobodyh851]

Big R.I.P for left hand- this took me forever bc of that tbh-

[@MalefAzelb]

Oh yeah

[@ichliebebaeumeweilbaum]

Omg one of my friends just sent me the song and I remembered that I already watched that years ago. And then I was like, what other stuff does this channel have and I saw this. 😂

[@letsnotgothere6242]

This combines my two favorite intellectual subjects ever. This made me so happy. (Yeah, math. Weird, I know) Then the wholesome comment by David about his teacher here in the comment section. XD The paper notes from childhood kept for ages? Relatable. Brought back some find memories.... P.S.-it was my love of math that got me interested in music. I figured that music could all be reduced to algorithms. Boy, was I wrong.

[@41A2E]

13:24 If i did my math correctly, the most precise definition of Pi that would ever be necessary is about 60 digits, which goes down to the planck length.

[@robertwindshade7629]

Ha... ha... ha... Geez...

[@MonsieurMaskedMan]

Planck is 10 by the power of negative 60?

[@41A2E]

@@MonsieurMaskedMan Its the number of planck lengths that span the universe, yes. So to measure the observable universe with the precision of the smallest increment would only take about 60 digits.

[@MonsieurMaskedMan]

@@41A2E ah ok, because i thought planck length is only 10 by the power of negative 35

[@41A2E]

@@MonsieurMaskedMan You're correct, and the universe is 10 to the positive 30 or so, and so 30 to negative 30 is 60.

[@themaddtatter6679]

Love this!!!! Been watching your pi-ano video forever. I was 12 as well when I discovered pi from watching Donald in Mathmagic Land. And the fascination took off. Discovered that my parents got married on pi day. And this year completed a pi-ece of art. I make dot mandalas and my tools came numbered what better way to be creative! Anyways it turned out awesome and just had a great first date on pi day this year! Yay music, art, and MATH! Pi forever! ( hee hee)

[@kalebaquinomileib8605]

this is absolutely amazing. perfect job you did your whole life! and the music is so satisfying.

[@thec.dragon2247]

Beautiful very beautiful I wish you make a course on youtube in which you teach us what these musical signs mean and how to play them in musical instruments And thank you for your great pieces God bless you

[@S2I2]

I learnt more from this video than I ever did at school

[@AndyBigMac]

"It is almost certainly the single most viewed piece of media I will ever create in my entire life" Blue Scuti Game Crash: Say what now?

[@aidentoman-sager5527]

exactly 3 years later and it's still amazing

[@Nike-nm8jc]

0:43 honestly in my own search at least you are the only one i have found. the only other person to have a video of a song from pi actually made a song *to* pi which is... not what the title of the song suggests and thus kinda disappoints.

[@tfactorial5503]

First of all this is dope! Also, 10/26/2006, when you first made the file is the exact day I was born!

[@officialcherto]

15:35 so people are calculating pi while they are staying at home, and I am just watching a man playing the song of pi when I am staying at home.

[@shadowflamelightburst4503]

In 5th grade, I was tasked with learning at least 3.14159265758979323, and we had a contest to see who memorized the most digits of pi... I won, 100 digits with a slight mess up, the closest person was with 60ish digits

[@__L00kAtMe]

its 2023 and its pi day : )

[@tennoten_]

Today is the day before Pi Day and KZbin somehow suggested this video. It sometimes knows what it actually does. Nice vid

[@MintyCodes]

I remember watching your original Pi video, and now I've ended up here from Tetris videos. Nice.

[@relief_in_death]

Whatever is the matter, you are still the Lord of Pie. I commend you for that.

[@NemesisAthena]

This is beautiful...

[@ameliegifford1477]

KZbin recommendations brought me here. You have a new subscriber :)

[@floatingblaze8405]

10:09 That's a Hungarian website... I know because I myself am Hungarian.

[@moxhi5246]

This is the most awesome video in the world

[@Aleena_Bina_Kosimo]

HAPPY PI DAY!

[@AlexAlex-wy6iz]

I've never really been into math or the digits of pi but honestly this just sounds good

[@musicfriendly12]

This is basically a simplistic version of pitch set theory/serialism. This is really just the tip of the iceberg... Also, I've been memorizing numbers with diatonic "melodies" since forever.

[@sawyerpage2855]

Well well well, this got recommended to me 3 days later on pie day. This is fantastic

[@andrewwoan]

your pieces are so beautiful, one day i wish I can play them as well as you

[@5ucur]

I thought this would be the song itself (this is the second video of yours that I've watched). Welp, time to go and check out the song!

[@LucaalisterKaveruchi]

The pi song is still the most popular video you made

[@williamseeber6733]

Wonderful the piano still has its ivory keys!

[@modern5752]

gotta love being recommended this 3.14 years later

[@pixelbogpixxelbog2090]

You are just awesome dude!

[@ajmartinez1841]

this is cool and deserves more views.

[@datrandommortis]

Amazing seeing this on the Pi Day.

[@paulking2919]

A fitting and proper ode to one of the most important numbers in the universe!

[@scrubnubz6063]

I saw this video a year ago... but was uploaded to months ago. Either this is a re-upload, someone else made a video like this, I'm going insane, dejavu, or I time traveled.

[@robertwindshade7629]

Mood.

[@titopaul9299]

You are going insane. Just embrace it.

[@TheEverlong12]

Incredible story and inspiration! 👏👏👏👏

[@jimchi.1119_youtube]

omg, great composition. theres another song called the pi song where u. number the keys like c=1 and d=2 e=3 etc. and it made a really cool melody, u shoukd try it one time!

[@Sprout.sk1901]

I don t Want to do it , but I admire you , its Lovely

[@Epictastick]

??.... I was surfing KZbin and came across your channel, didn’t I see you at the Hevesh5 meetup at Vidcon 2019?

[@aSongScout]

Epictastic what a small world! Yep I was there! I remember you now too looking at your channel. That was a very small meetup but glad it happened, it was a lot of fun

[@nojukuramu]

This mysterious pi never repeat its digits.

[@nanamacapagal8342]

It does. 3. 1 4 1 5 9... 1 repeats itself in the first few digits

[@maryjoycetanhueco4960]

Bruh it does

[@thecommenternobodycaresabout]

​@@maryjoycetanhueco4960 ​ I know you might be joking but honestly what the OP meant was that there is no repeating pattern that you can find in π.

[@thecommenternobodycaresabout]

@Sai Sasank π can be compared to progressive metal, probably. As you said it has some local repeating numbers but not a repeating pattern. That should be the base structure of a progressive metal song.

[@seongho37]

It's cool how you uploaded this on pi day

[@OpossumYT]

love how i was recommended this on pi day

[@quoraexpert6295]

you make the best advanced tutorials on the whole damn internet, plz do more

[@bowhunter8235]

Beauriful...👏👏👏 Possibly Even Healing. In short "I feel something" beyond excited energy. A suggestion please: Using your 'method', create a program that will 'faithfully reproduce" your discovery to continue for a digitally recorded cd lasting 3hr and 14min. I will be the first to purchase your product and play it continuously in my home. IMO, IF that doesnot intrigue you, perhaps you've run the course of your curiosity..?? 😉

[@NappiMusicVideos]

You’re a genius bro

[@condolcezza5850]

This is the most baroque piece to ever baroque with all that counterpoint holy

[@michaellong7229]

Simply gorgeous!

[@emmetbrown7228]

Nice video dude ! Congratulation

[@devdalwadi31]

Cant wait for the next hit 22/7 ✊😤

[@sidharthajain7001]

The song might not ever end 🙌

[@wiktordiy6033]

I wish there was midi version available. Also Awasome work

[@karlywynn3443]

Happy pi day guys :)

[@iamtheodore1661]

Bro, i didn't even exist in 2005

[@anirudhsrinivasan8953]

You are a Legend

[@-hooray-]

it’s pi day today and i watch this every year

[@samimay05]

I love how many songs include the Fibonacci sequence, I think a good example is Under Pressure by David Bowie and Queen

[@HURTLESSHU]

10:10 it's a Hungarian website, not Russian :D @asongscout

[@Franz_Z]

Wow, great story man

[@DownunderGraham]

The Pi song should go out on the next interstellar spacecraft we send into the vastness of space.

[@LizyIsLost]

*looks to see if Mr.Bishop responded*

[@antjee8301]

Published on Pi-Day, amazing (And my b-day :)

[@PortugaRD]

its a very beautifull song

[@thelordz33]

Technically, because pi is an infinite non-repeating string of numbers, with the correct set of rules every song ever made could be contained within pi's digits