... cannot touch or see, music has been affected by Fibonacci numbers just as well. The simplest way of explaining Fibonacci sequence in music is stating the well-known facts, "13 notes separate each octave of 8 notes in a scale, of which the 5th and 3rd notes create the basic foundation of all chords, and are based on whole tone which is 2 steps from the root tone, that is ... the 1st note of the scale" (The Golden Number). Not only does the theory of music contain the sequence, musical instruments in the way they are built follow Fibonacci numbers as well. In fact, the keys of the piano f...

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