Matemifasol Exhibition. A sound journey from chaos to cosmos

*Included in the entrance to the Museum.

Music and mathematics share many similarities. Music excites us mathematically, and through mathematics we understand the purest essence of music.

This exhibition offers a sound journey that, starting from absolute silence, explores the sonority of nature: the music of matter and the mathematics that govern musical patterns.

Music and mathematics are fields of study that share many similarities. It is accepted that Pythagoras and his disciples were the first to establish a direct link between music and mathematics. Since then, many other mathematicians have tried to fine-tune the relationships between these two worlds. Even Kepler spent decades trying to describe the music generated by the movement of the stars. The theory was wrong, but he was right in considering that music was present everywhere.

Both disciplines study abstract objects, have complex structures, rules of manipulation, well-defined notation and are absolutely precise in their results. Working on them requires practice, creativity and an analytical mind. But their relationship goes far beyond the skills required for their study. Mathematics is present in all aspects of music, from the physics of sound to the construction of instruments, from rhythmic patterns to tonal harmony, from classical music to electronics.

And if you want to know more, take part in the different guided tours where our educational staff will accompany you and resolve any questions you may have.