The Beauty of Math and Music | Marcus Miller | TEDxOttawa

Musician and Mathematician Marcus Miller simplifies "infinity + infinity = infinity" and how this helps us to experience our personal beauty with life affirming, paradigm shifting beauty of math and music. Learn more at www.marcustheartyst.com Marcus Miller began his studies in saxophone at age nine and, with the help of World Renown Saxophonist Bruce Williams (Roy Hargrove, World Saxophone Quartet), he developed a passion that put him on stage professionally at 13. With gifts extending beyond the music, he graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Mathematics. After a short stint at a multibillion dollar hedge fund he moved to New York City to pursue music. He soon developed a reputation as a versatile and virtuosic player, while studying music production and engineering under Grammy-Winning Engineer “Bassy” Bob Brockman (Notorious B.I.G, Herbie Hancock, D’Angelo). This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@PhylumVertebrae]

Someone actually put it into words, conceptualizad it, and I’m speechless...because that’s exactly what it feels like when you start getting it, realizing the immensity that you are

[@Skellotronix]

Best ways to show someone the truth, Fibonacci sequence and Mandelbrot set. Those two will either wake people up or expose those who refuse to learn. Named after God for a reason..

[@factsix2156]

All math teachers should carry a saxophone into class !

[@lizmoore1947]

No disagreement here, it'd be cool, but tbh, just having teachers be this passionate would inspire students to listen.

[@morrismutunga7622]

Here-Here!!!

[@martinramos1737]

My take from this was that math is infinite and music is infinite, and that infinity is beautiful. I was expecting a talk about direct correlation between mathematics and music but instead it was just a redundant talk about those two things so I actually ended up pretty disappointed with this talk. Maybe going in with no expectations I could see how people love this

[@giorgiodeguzman2892]

Honestly, one of the best most interesting, multi-talented+interdisciplinary talk I’ve ever heard trying to explain the inexplicable in more than words, sound, video editing, writing. I spotted so many untold jokes that I wasn’t sure if I was the only one spotting them. For one person to have created this lesson would boggle most minds, but I for one am grateful to have watched, listened, truly understood, and learned that I can try to explain things like this in my own life.

[@marcusnorton9373]

Have you watched it again? Sounds like it could be worth the frequent re-watch.

[@OrenTube70]

The eloquence of his speech seem almost unreal. This poetic presentation left me with an awkward sense: what did I actually learn?

[@fobos9289]

Beauty.

[@YvesSaintLyric]

Your call to rethink how we identify beauty is so powerful. Thanks for this!

[@emmazhang2418]

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IVE CRIED IN A LONG TIME BECAUSE SOMETHING WAS SO BEAUTIFUL. THIS BEAUTY IS WHAT I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE CHASING

[@theflash6487]

me too :)

[@skaistejurksaityte4733]

Marcus talks with a moving feeling, but stays perfectly reasonable, thats beautiful :)

[@goobatron]

im trying to focus but all my brain can comprehend is that the carpet looks like a slice of lunch meat

[@marcusnorton9373]

Do the schnozberries taste like schnozberries?

[@noahcolegio7124]

I think i misunderstood what this would be

[@adryanbrown7541]

This video reminds em of the book "The Medici Effect" by Frans Johansson. This is a great example of the intersection that he speaks on in the book. This was a dope video! Math X Music >

[@UrbanHammer67]

Really liked this (maybe because I'm mathematician and musician;-)

[@paradoxinmotion]

What a perfect talk!

[@jerryhutson9478]

A brilliant soul!

[@TheFakeMikeLWatts]

I get it.... I get it. Brilliant. Thank you.🙏🏾

[@bwacuff169]

The way to think of music and math is easy: math is not involved with the creation of music (unless a composer specifically invokes the relationship when writing a piece by say, purposefully doubling the interval between each note in a X note long melody: half-step, whole-step, Major 3rd, diminished 6th, etc) however, music is especially suspectable to being deconstructed mathematically. In other words, Bach didn't use any math when writing his fugues however, his fugues are easily described with numbers. But, to a certain degree, this is illusionary: music is a language and any language can be broken down numerically, just like we break down music... it's just much easier with music. Subsequently, that's where most people focus on their being a relationship - they're related because they're easy to relate. Relating say, German to math is doable, but very few people would be able to do it. This occurs because of what music is: "The purposeful creation, and corralling, of tone in meter. The only one of these criteria that's actually required to communicate using the language of music is the last: meter." Without a beat, steady or otherwise identifiable (and not using a contrivance such as holding an instrument) we cannot recognize the language of music is being used. The essence of music then, is a beat. So the essence of music can be expressed as "counting" and if you're language is based on counting, it's going to end up relating to math in a huge number of easy-to-see ways. The previously mentioned language of German, is not root in counting therefore, while relatable to math, it's relationship is substantially more complicated and thus, less easy to see.

[@riteshkumarsah7828]

This is precious ❤

[@petrparizek9945]

He didn't say one single thing about tunings. I would argue that nowhere else is music and maths linked more than in the field of tuning and intonation.

[@asstatedbelow9599]

That's actually the whole thing bruv... Either in the beginning or in the end but not in the middle or not at all

[@petrparizek9945]

What do you mean?

[@francescoscanu6957]

Nobody cares about sound or tuning correlation with physics and so mathematics, it's pointless and no worth studying. He's talking about how both with one and with the other you can reach and discover the same things and the same feelings. Things you don't achieve rationally and that probably no one will ever understand but everyone should search

[@shantil7764]

Majestic.

[@sherardnatural]

Congrats!

[@alanjstahl]

Amazing!

[@wyvernofhefei8712]

Math and Music, mmm the m duo, languages of truth.

[@natejohnson5393]

This was incredible

[@DudeNerdFail]

Because infinity is cool let me play a riff real quick.

[@moltenfiya]

What an awesome rendering of defining creativity! Bravo!!!

[@alexhancock9874]

This was really good fun 😀

[@dickcastle]

It was interesting but feel like he left out some parts

[@crazythunderchief]

Pure gold!

[@EliasAxelPettersson]

In Hebrew, "Aleph" is pronounced with a soft "a", like "ah-lef". Keep up the great work :)

[@rossharmonics]

The problem which I have been dealing with since the 1970s comes from the fact that the modern theories of math and music has corrupted their original intents. I have developed an alternate cohesive theory of music theory, tuning theory, number theory, and geometry that I called eidetic mathematics.

[@christina-ld4ci]

Do you have a place on the internet where we can look into that?

[@amandlathree]

I was never afraid of math. It isn’t like defending a point of view that requires thinking of every possible refutation, in order to “win,” an argument. There is only one right answer. I wish it hadn’t been presented, to us girls anyway, as something to be afraid of, or I would have majored in mathematics.

[@coffeebirdtree]

Awesome! ❤️

[@coffeebirdtree]

As a weird kid, i used to put myself between two angled mirrors and try to look into infinity 😀

[@luismanuelricogutierrez6863]

What's the marimba's player full name? she's not credited in the description

[@BuskerShanties]

What is the tune that they play together? I know I've heard it before but I can't quite place it

[@themandinkafamily]

Seal kiss from a rose

[@BuskerShanties]

@@themandinkafamily thank you!

[@RoseMarieRaccioppi]

Music in harmonies... math in measure ...

[@jrparmar05]

Ancient Purn shloka.. Aum! That is infinite, and this (universe) is infinite. The infinite proceeds from the infinite. (Then) taking the infinitude of the infinite (universe), It remains as the infinite alone. Aum! Peace! Peace! Peace!

[@Porrimgaming413]

He actually looks like a genius, especially with the Neo Cortex hairline. Loved the talk tho

[@mindfulness6794]

👏👏👏

[@sebasrichard]

showed how music and maths are beautiful, but lost the occasion to explain the relationship between the two.....

[@alinaivan93]

He explains the beauty of the relationship between the two quite beautifully from 16:35 (and earlier than that too)

[@francescoscanu6957]

Cause the direct correlation is pointless

[@cerulyse]

Did I miss the bit where I explained why he's talking about numbers

[@Katapolt415]

Pam Beasley?

[@judekariuki8614]

why think within a line when imagination has no limits

[@WA67FlyingV]

There is a relationship between math & music but this guy didn’t explain it.

[@danielaj3451]

Was that a theme from pirates of Caribbean?

[@youtubebot1874]

i’m in 10th grade and i’ve never heard these terms before in my life i thought this was music class wtf (i’ve never heard of sum of these terms)

[@Katapolt415]

When does Math hurt Music?

[@AdityaPratama-qo4tp]

apakah dia Sujiwo Tedjo versi amerika??

[@wyvernofhefei8712]

Gak mas, cabang Canada iki.

[@Giannamadeit]

2:14 he sounds like drake

[@futabashinoda5992]

Is this a real Marcus Miller!?!

[@grldgcapitalz]

no but does anyone know actually the who this is how funny

[@moltenfiya]

Sounds like Marcus, doesn't look like Marcus the bass player?

[@Ishaan_Garud]

If y'all think this is hard to comprehend, buddy I am 14years old and I grasped it all 😂

[@i-frames816]

Infinity in mathematics is so much more incomprehensible than showed in this video

[@riteshkumarsah7828]

Why can't I understand this, 😡

[@mitchkahle314]

Math and geometry underly all of 12-tone Western music.

[@lilbacon7777]

This dude is talking a lot and not saying anything

[@gabrielemarogna9444]

Don't wanna spoil anybody's fun, but I think people who are mind blown simply are not used to thinking of art so much. I was looking for notions behind the hazy hype he created (with wonderful eloquence, for sure), and realized he basically only name-dropped some connections between the cognitive experiences, notions I can believe to be observable but which I find ultimately unhelpful. This mystifies art in a way I find unnecessary, and it's a shame, because it's clear the presenter did his best to DEmystify these concepts, but a 20 minutes talk is simply not enough, and risks leaving people without prior knowledge on the topic even more confused than when they entered, without having really learned anything.

[@codyvandal2860]

The fixation on attempting to deliberately demystify strikes me as unhelpful. There is beauty in mystery

[@GurjotSingh-uq4gj]

Play some saxophone man and cut the math thing...

[@creepyinformation7620]

😆👏🏻👏🏻