Les Luthiers - Maths, language, music...

[JPablo]

Well this may be almost a "rhetorical question"... but What does Maths have to do with language, music and chemistry?

Well, there may be many answers to that, but Les Luthiers gave some inkling on their co-creation with "Tales (o Thales) de Mileto", as you can see and hear here,



This thread can be continued with other such creations... to answer the question...
(Hey, I remembered this when I checked Lou Ann thread on "voseo", even if there is no "voseo" here, the singers are Argentinians... so it can be an interesting exercise to learn Spanish with the Argentinian accent...)
(If you don't get how the 'chemistry' gets involved in all this... then you have to study up on Les Luthiers... biographies, background, etc.)

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by JPablo

What do Maths have to do with language, music and chemistry?

Nice video (although I don't see what it has to do with Thales' theorem, but who cares?)

*cough* What does Maths have to do ...

[laepelba]

Cute music ... is there a website with the lyrics?

Here's what I get:
Si tres o más paralelas (don't you need to say "lineas" o "rectas"?)
Son cortadas por dos transversales

Then I get a bit lost...
Dos segmentos ??? ni una vez ??? son proporcionales.

I think this would be fun to pick apart ... when I have time later, I'm going to try to see if I can understand the rest of it...

Thanks!!

[JPablo]

Gracias, Perikles...
Fixed... (I also got you a nice echinacea cough drop!)
http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/goddess-within_2114_306680653

@Lou Ann,
I've not listened to it again, but the beginning is, (with repeated syllables which I don't include)
Si tres o más paralelas
Si tres o más paralelas
son cortadas por dos transversales, (bis)
los segmentos de una de estas son proporcionales
a los dos segmentos correspondientes de la otra...


Ah, here it is in full http://www.calidoscopio.com/calidosc...rincipal56.htm

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by JPablo

http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/goddess-within_2114_306680653

Thanks for those - hey, here it is breakfast time - don't you guys ever sleep ????

[JPablo]

Yes, indeed!
Oh! I am late, I am late...
"I'm late! I'm late! For a very important date!..."
(¡Hasta mañana!)
...

[laepelba]

Sleep scmeap ... who needs it??

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by laepelba

Sleep scmeap ... who needs it??

[HomoVulgaris]

La he descargado y la he puesto en mi lista de reproducción. Voy a escucharla regularmente mientras caminando al trabajo. ¡Gracias por bonita propuesta, JPablo! Es una melodía muchísimo agradable y pegadiza.
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Have dowloaded it and have put it on my play list. Will listen it regularly while commuting to work. Thank for nice suggestion, Jpablo! Very cheering and catchy melody indeed.

[pjt33]

Pista 4 en Lo MejorPeor de Les Luthiers. Mi hermana menor me lo compró como regalo de cumpleaños.