Rece Wissner
Fibonacci Project

To start off with this project, I used the idea from the video titled “Music From The Fibonacci Sequence” (cited below) by assigning the number 0-9 to notes on the keyboard and bass. Instead of using the key of E Major, I used the key of C Major. I also used different rhythms and harmonies, so everything is basically my own idea!
From there, I just started playing notes on the piano starting with the first fibonacci number, 1. I decided not to start with 0, just to make it a bit better in terms of how it sounds. I went from the first number all the way to the 21st number of the fibonacci sequence, which is the number 10,946. I chose the 21st number because 21 is also a fibonacci number! I also wrote the bass line using all 21 numbers of the sequence in reverse! So the first number I used to write the bass was 10,946, though I started it like 64901 and so on. I’ll now go ahead and make a list of as many other connections I can think of on how this project is related to the fibonacci sequence and golden ratio.

-Key of C Major: 0 sharps or flats. 8 white keys in the key of C Major.
-Synths use the 1 3 and 5 chords of the scale. (Meaning the first chord, C major, the third chord, E minor, and the fifth chord, G Major.)
-The guitar uses the same 3 chords as well!
-each chord on the guitar requires 3 or 5 fingers to create the chord shape.
-most of the notes played on the instruments were 8th notes
-the time signature is 8/8, but can also just be written as 4/4, but that’s not as fun
-each chord for both the synth and guitar have only 3 notes each (not related to how many fingers are used for the guitar)
-the bass and guitar notes are all within 5 frets of each other
-the golden ratio comes in because it was calculated that most songs/pieces tend to reach their peak point (most buildup) at the phi point in the song. There is a calculation that one can use to find it. Most of the time, the calculation is correct, or extremely close to the buildup by only being a few seconds off. (cited below)
I will show how it works with my song:
Length of song: 1:44 (this is when the last note is hit, the rest of the time is just lingering sound)
1 x 60 + 44 = 104 (total seconds)
104 x 0.618 = 64.272
64.272 / 60 = 1.0712 (1 minute)
0.0712 x 60 = 4.272 (4 seconds)
Resulting time: 1:04
Actual time of buildup: 1:00
It is pretty dang close!

Now, I’m sure I have probably missed a lot of other similarities, but I tried to include as much as possible! I hope it’s enough similarities/connections! I tried wracking my brain as much as possible.


Sources:

Macdonald, David. “Music From The Fibonacci Sequence.” YouTube, YouTube, 17 June 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGJeGOw8TzQ.
PQ, Rory. "Music and the Fibonacci Sequence w/ Rory PQ | Dubspot." Dubspot Blog. 01 June 2016. 24 Apr. 2019 [ Ссылка ].
Unknown. “Learn the Bass Fingerboard Notes on the Bass Clef!” Learn the Bass Fingerboard Notes on the Bass Clef!, www.electricbassnotes.com/.

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