Is Music An Exact Science?

Music is not a science.

Carlos wrote:

Music is not a science.

There really isn't much one can add...

I don't know, but there are certainly many points of contact. Perhaps it is more aesthetic science

Anyway, I found this PDF that I am submitting to you:

http://www.fe.infn.it/venerdi/VENERDIHOME_file/pdf08/frova/frova.pdf

http://www.pianoconcerto.it/forum/index.php?/topic/570-il-legame-fra-musica-e-matematica/ in this topic we have already extensively discussed the links between music and science

Here I am, I couldn't reply from my phone.

Before reading the links you provide, I would still like to clarify that I wanted to ask this question not

thinking that music is a science in its own right; in short, I wouldn't want (as much as I am still behind)

for you to think that I've lost my mind with this question, but I have often thought about this because

since there are indeed links with mathematics, with physics, it might not be such a remote possibility given that

some parameters are indisputable, others are linked to the sense of aesthetics, and much more; it is not a simple

discussion, I know, I will go and read the links.

Thank you

Even though it is off-topic, I wanted to point out Frova's (above mentioned) "musical acoustics notes" for those who want to rationalize the matter.

Although the topics are not very simple, the treatment is divine; I have only started reading it, but it is truly

the problem, however small, lies in the terms. "Exact science" means one precise thing: an exact science is a discipline that provides mathematical propositions about the world, evaluable according to truth criteria. That is, an exact science provides true mathematical formulas. Even if music were formalizable in a mathematical sense, you could not consider it a "science," because it is not subject to a truth criterion. You cannot say that *do-fa-mi-re-do* is true or false; it would make no sense.

Relaunch with

http://math.unipa.it/~grim/convreg1_sarritzu_05.pdf

thallo wrote:

the problem, however small, lies in the terms. "Exact science" means something precise; an exact science is a discipline that provides mathematical propositions about the world, evaluable according to truth criteria. That is, an exact science provides true mathematical formulas. Even if music were formalizable in a mathematical sense, you could not consider it a "science," because it is not subject to a truth criterion. You cannot say that *do-fa-mi-re-do* is true or false; it would make no sense.

I understand, in fact I meant this type of reasoning.