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The Amen Break and the Golden Ratio

Posted April 25, 2008 8:51 AM

From Neatorama:

Mathematician Michael S. Schneider saw a wave form of the well-known drum sequence known as the Amen Break. It's a drum 5.2 second sequence performed by Gregory Cylvester Coleman of The Winstons and has been sampled and used by countless artists since it was recorded in the 60s. Schneider, seeing the waveform through the eyes of a math professor, recognized a pattern, a relationship called the Golden Ratio. So he began to analyze the drum sequence and its deeper meaning.

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Re: The Amen Break and the Golden Ratio

04/29/2008 11:01 AM

Although the analysis of the Amen Break here seems dubious at best, I did find a great video talking about the history of the Amen Break and how it is used in modern music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SaFTm2bcac

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Re: The Amen Break and the Golden Ratio

04/30/2008 12:58 AM

I wonder how long before they use this as a plot device on numb3rs?

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