Beats are put together to form a measure and measures in a row form a musical piece. There is a procedure for the formation of a musical piece. Musical scores are read just as the way we read math symbols. Later, Galileo Galilei stated that “ the entire universe is written in the language of mathematics”.

It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and charm and gaiety to life and to everything”. Plato also claimed that “ music is a moral law. He experimented with stretched strings and his findings concerning vibration, pitch, tone and length are amazing. According to Pythagoras, the father of mathematics, there is music everywhere in the world. Going back to Pythagoras and Plato we can surely say that music and maths are intertwined. Nevertheless, since music can touch our soul and feelings, it is certainly a kind of language deeply appreciated by humanity.Ĭan we trace similarities between music and mathematics? The answer is yes. In that sense music can’t be characterized as a universal language. Yet, none of these elements can stand on its own and convey a meaning or a thought. Musicians use notes to make chords, which are put together to make a musical piece and so on. What about thoughts? Can music convey thoughts across multicultural borders? Just like language, music has its own syntax -a way to order various elements into a more complex structure. Features, like rhythm, pitch, tempo, harmony and beat, are common in spoken languages and music. You can feel the happiness or sadness of a musical piece, just as you can feel the sadness, happiness, anger or any other emotion through spoken language. Music conveys emotions which are universal. You can enjoy compositions by various artists, thus eliminating cultural and linguistic boundaries.

Anybody can communicate through music across the globe, without getting to know the Indian, Chinese, Greek, French etc language. That is what many researchers have claimed and I guess it is true. Certain questions also sprang about the connection between music, mathematics and the Universe. The motive for writing this article sprang from a reading about a 1977 experiment by NASA and spacecrafts Voyager 1 & 2.

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