Bach to chaos: chaotic variations on a classical theme - chaos theory used to compose music

Science News, Dec 24, 1994 by Ivars Peterson

"I think [Dabby] has found something that a lot of people could be interested in," Strogatz suggests.

A favorite piece of music played over and over again inevitably loses some of its freshness. Creating variations may help rekindle a bit of the original passion, and this process can bring one to delve more deeply into the nuances of the music itself.

The essence of chaos is the ease with which one can wander off the beaten path yet remain connected with the familiar and the inceptive. It leads to a kind of music for tickling, sometimes even jangling, the mind.

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