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The resonance of a shared discovery
Music is a science that should have definite rules; these rules should be drawn from an evident principle; and this principle cannot be known to us without the aid of mathematics. Notwithstanding all the experience I may have acquired in music from being associated with it for so long, I must confess that only with the aid of mathematics did my ideas become clear and did light replace a certain obscurity of which I was unaware before.
Music is a science that should have definite rules; these rules should be drawn from an evident principle; and this principle cannot be known to us without the aid of mathematics. Notwithstanding all the experience I may have acquired in music from being associated with it for so long, I must confess that only with the aid of mathematics did my ideas become clear and did light replace a certain obscurity of which I was unaware before.
Jean-Philippe Rameau, 1722
Jean-Philippe Rameau, 1722
Like Rameau, I spent years seeking the light behind the obscurity of sound. This space is the result of that search: a place where music, geometry, and science converge. Here you will find the book, the visualisations, and the tools of Music Motion.
Tips for the keyboard
Tips for the keyboard
▶ Play with your computer keyboard. The letter rows play the keys; what counts is the position of the key, so it works on QWERTY, AZERTY or QWERTZ keyboards (keyboard map).
▶ Change the key: the KEY buttons (F C G D A E B), with ♭ ♮ ♯ and M / m for major or minor.
▶ Three systems: 12 TET (tempered), Axiomatic and Tonal. In Tonal you play by scale degree: change the key while you play and the same fingers sound in the new key.
▶ Tuning pitch: A = 440 opens the choice of reference — 415 baroque, 430 classical, 432, 440 modern, 442 bright, 466 renaissance.
▶ Instruments: choose among more than sixty, all in Pythagorean tuning.
▶ ♩ pulse is a metronome to play along with.
▶ Demonstration works built in: open ☰ RECS and press ▶ on any of them. Press RECS again to close the panel.
▶ Record what you play: ⬤ wav captures what you are hearing — click to start, click again to download the WAV file.
▶ Colour theme: the four small buttons at the top right change the look of the keyboard.
▶ The buttons at the top (console, score, simulator, coach, player) lead to the pages of the suite.
▶ Full user guide: musicmotionsuite.com/suite/UserGuide.html
The Architecture of Sound
The Architecture of Sound
Visualizing the Well-Tempered Clavier
Visualizing the Well-Tempered Clavier
Each colour represents an independent voice, revealing the invisible geometry within Bach’s polyphony. These tracks, exported from Finale v27.4, are more than performances; they are digital blueprints of musical perfection.
I invite you to explore one of my latest visualisations below. This section is regularly updated to showcase various aspects of the "Music Motion" laboratory.
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