Leonardo Da Vinci's "Virtruvian Man" illustrates the mathematical answer. If one examines the ratio of length between the end of the index finger and first joint, to the same point to the second joint, the ratio is equal to that of the first two joints to the whole finger. This pattern continues from finger to hand, hand to forearm, hand and forearm to whole arm and so on throughout the body. The ratio is golden. Simplified mathematically, A + B is to A as A is to B. This ratio builds all living things on earth and is seen throughout in Fibonacci Spirals,
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But the real question is, how does this have to do with music? Listen to your favorite song, see if the best part is about 61 percent through, or a little after... In common song form the bridge is the at the golden mean of the song.
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