Fibonacci in popular music
Predicting the next hit song…Archive for Classic song
New York State Of Mind
This timeless classic is 6:o3 in length. The golden section occurs from 3:20 to 3:56, with a dramatic pause at 3:44. I found this to be a significant point in the song….
6:03/3:44 = 1.62!
Billy has done it again! This is the 4th of 5 songs so far on GHV1 that have conformed to Fibonacci.
This is becoming a very promising venture..!
We’ll Be Together Again
The next song on the Great American Song Book is entitled “We’ll Be Together Again,” originally performed by Frank Sinatra and covered by Rod Stewart.
The Frank version is 266 seconds in length and has an extremely long instrumental climax (almost a minute long) ranging from 127 seconds to 185 seconds. The golden section comes at almost the halfway point in the climax, at 165 seconds
266/165 = 1.618
The Rod version is a little bit shorter, clocking in at 234 seconds. It too has a very long instrumental climax, although again a little bit shorter ranging from 118 seconds to 147 seconds. The golden section comes at about 145 seconds in, very close to the end of the climax.
234/145 = 1.613
To recap, both songs appear to conform to the golden section. However, since both songs have very long climaxes, it’s pretty easy for them to conform. The Sinatra version is definltey more credible because the golden section comes almost exactly halfway through the climax, where it is at the tail end of Rod’s.