Pi as Music (C-major pentatonic) - π to 996 decimal places 

Holy shit, thanks for 1 million views! Never thought this video would explode like this… Being honest, I don't think there will be a second part. I just can't find the right style/algorithm, it ends up either too boring/disharmonic or too similar to this one. Adding more constraints (like applying a "box blur" on the number sequence) would solve these problems, but that also lessens the purity of the number-to-music-transformation and therefore contradicts the whole point of the video.

Friend: What music are you into? Me: its complicated..

Since pi is theorerically infinite, that means that somewhere in pi... lies boss music

Anonymous: So what's your taste in music? Me: Pi Anon: No, as in what music do you listen to? Me: *_Pi_*

Patrick: Is pi an instrument? Squidward: No Patrick pi is not an instrument. Challenge accepted.

This should be the end credits music in a biopic about some famous mathematician

just goes to show you can play anything with the pentatonic scale and it sounds fine...

Guess you could say music composition is easy as pi heh, heh.

Nobody: 2015- Video uploaded 2019- RU-vid: let's put this in recommendations

Let's be honest, with this set up, any list of random numbers would sound just as good.

When Pi has more talents than you

Math teacher: And what is the value for Pi? Me: *plays this video*

*God of Maths talking to pi* : How many numbers would you like? *Pi* : Yes.

"Can you tell me 996 decimals plaves of pi?" "Sure thing. Just hand me my piano real quick"

As a nerd, I am impressed.

Quite beautiful and awkward-sounding at the same time. It reminds me of someone who can sing but doesn’t feel very comfortable doing it. XD ~ Louise

The scary thing is that it kinda sounds good... You could say nature has many melodies hidden inside itself... And that is also scary...

Nice Pi-ano

me: yo pass the aux cord friend: you better not play trash me:

7:33 9:00 10:47 best moments

I knew it! Pie not only tastes amazing, but now pi sounds amazing as well.

yup thats going to my music playlist edit: oh it’s 11 minutes long

Man this is awsome!

Nicely done. It's impressive how you got the fixed chord accompaniment to sound "right" regardless of what the random melody line is doing.

What kind of music do you like? Me: I like pi. That wasn’t my question. Me: No, I answered it. My favorite kind of music is pi. Can you say that again I thought I heard you say pie? Me: Yep Oh...

I love the Feynman point part (@8:56) XD

Last three numbers were 420. Just felt like putting that out there.

Does anyone else think they can almost hear a pattern? PI ISN'T SUPPOSED TO HAVE PATTERNS.

if pi is infinite.. that means... _SOVIET ANTHEM WOULD BE IN THERE AT SOME POINT_

as I hit the 5 minute mark I wondered to myself if I was really gonna watch it all? edit: yes. best 11 minutes of my life

49999998 sounded great 8:99 Edit: lol I meant 8:59

In high school, I learned that the 360th decimal place of pi is 360. I only know this because my math teacher told me about it and also had the number pi written all along the top of the room. And there it was, 360 in the 360th decimal place. p.s. The 999999 at 8:59 caught me off guard and made me laugh.

When you watch the whole video to look for 69420

4:39 the number 360 is after 360 numbers

When your math teacher is also your music teacher.

Favorite part is at approx 735 digits. 77477. So melodic

when you’re doing your math homework in band

This shows how powerful the right scale is for improvisation. You can hit random notes of the scale (Pi is pretty random as far as we know, but no proof!) and it will still sound good

How to calm down before a math test

The accompaniment really helps it, it'd sound a bit weird alone I think, really cool though I like it!

"Pi equals 3.14 The devil pie's big enough to justify the whole thing"

Very enjoyable. What enables it to work is the harmonization. Hearing the melody alone would sound pretty random. This is less of a criticism and more of a kudos to your good harmonization.

*Ends with 420* oh ok

Others : What music do you listen to? Me, an intelectual : hold my phone

It's amazing how, since this sequence is infinite, all our favorite piano songs are contained into pi at some point.

I was searching for sad music, not for endless happyness I hate/love you so much right now

Now do the Golden Ration, cause that will be the best song ever. Cause, y'know, golden ratio.

Oh, you want to use _C = 2πr_ to find the circumference of a circle? *Let me play you the song of my people.*

Sounds like a really catchy broadway song. I love it

The solo never repeats... Think about it...

Whats funny- If this went on for eternity, You'd eventually find all the songs you've ever listened to in here. Its a mathmatical impossibility for them to not be there :3

This actually sounds like a pretty lovely and happy tune :P

That 9 streak at around 770 was cool (and if I ever memorize pi into the hundreds, that's where I'm stopping). And I loved the 9-less streak around 900 (the high note was almost beginning to sound to ding-y). Love this. Thank you.

now it tastes good and sounds good

MATH IS MUSIC

That's easy, the pentatonic scale always sounds well, btw the notes you play will sound good But this has a lot of work and you have my like :)

Played this while doing math homework CHEATING

Happy Pi day, and RIP Stephen.

Its a pi-ano Man im hungry,what should i watch Pi isnt a number its music Hey man a new song came out. *oh yeah whats it called?* its called 3.1415926535... _infinity later_ *hey i forgot the name can you say jt again?*

Holy shiz its actially decent music and even probably without the background music

The song that never ends awesome.

We should send this shit to space to contact happy dancing aliens from the Broadway Nebula

And I thought Math meant Mental Abuse To Human But I'm wrong it means Music Arrangement To Help Escape Depression I added an ED at last cause I just got MATHED.

So what did you do today. I listened to π

Is math related to music?

9:00 999999 Perfection.

The followup video to this one (about the number _e_ ) is about half way done. It's a bit different but better imo. Unfortunately, I don't have much time on my hands at the moment so it'll take a while before I finally post it. If you want to be sure not to miss it, consider subscribing. I promise there won't be any other video before that one ;) Look in the description for sheet music.

literally no one: RU-vid recommended: *_Pi as Music_*

How is Pi good background music?!?!

I feel like the rhythm is really important

So pi can be a forever on ongoing song

I think π is slowly becoming my favorite music genre.

Dude, you should do all the digits of pi, I want to hear the whole song!

It's the symphony of our universe :O (or more: a possible interpretation of it, I guess XD but the nice thing is: it's also an endless symphony)

I can't believe that I listened to the whole thing...

Still better than despacito

And That's how I play piano

Damn this makes me feel unconfortable for some reason, it could be used as a form of torture, it makes me imagine that since pi is infinite this is what you hear when entering hell and then forever after.

Of course it ends on 420.

Somewhere in pi is the tune for song, every meme, and all possible musical compositions...

When you dig math but music is life.

Gonna email to my maths teacher on pi day

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Welcome to another episode offff....... Why is this in my recommended but I still love it 😍

9:00 Awesome

It's that time again when you think that everything has been tried and it's not interesting, but here it is. Original and new.

9:00 This is called the Feynman Point, with multiple consecutive 9s in a row. It sounds weird.

it ends at 420. 👏

i, um, memorized 60 places of pi with this video.

Even math can be cool sometimes. But not at school.

ive had this video in a playlist with a single other video since middle school. i remember walking between classes playing it in my headphones, its cheery upbeat randomness being the main thing keeping me going throughout the day. its one of my fondest memories of school in general. recently i looked through the playlists i had, and stumbled across said playlist once more. im 18 now, ive been out of school for a year, and yet this song has once again become a go-to for a small burst of motivation and energy that is sorely needed after this whole pandemic and the rest of the chaos thats ensued. this is basically the only song with no lyrics that can cheer me up from the bad moods i didnt even know i had. even after all these years, im still here lurking and listening to this masterpiece. what compelled me to write this? i dont know. maybe the fact that its 6 am and i havent slept? point is, im glad this video is still up, its been very helpful surprisingly :}

Wow!!! I’m just like staring at the screen for the whole video!!! My eyeballs were bulging out of their sockets looking at all the numbers!! FANTASTIC video by far! BRAVO!!!!!!!!

somebody: what music are you listening to? me: well...

Old man: this generation is so dumb with their dumb music Me:

Best moments : 0:48-11:41

genius... even still after 4 years... genius...

This is the first video I've found to have over 1,000 views and no dislikes. It's certainly worthy of that achievement!

8:59 lol

math is indeed a form of art...

Music teacher: what song do you play? Me: pi