We may not realize the significant amount of mathematics included in all genres of music. Music is the art of arranging sounds in harmony, melody, and rhythm over time to produce a continuous composition. Although there is no legitimate proof of where and when the music originated, it has played a role in everyone's history. Mathematics is the study of measurement, properties and relationships between quantities and sets, using numbers and symbols. Mathematics was invented by the Pythagoreans in the 6th century BC. Over time, different nationalities have made their own contributions to the study of mathematics. The Pythagoreans were also the first to study the aspect of musical scales. The majority of musical songs have a repeating pattern of rhythmic structure to form an arrangement. One similarity that music and mathematics have in common is how the symbols of each are read. Songs or pieces of music are separated into measures also called bars. Each measure consists of a certain amount of time creating a rhythm. When a song is composed to be played by a musician capable of handling an instrument, it is often written in symbol form. Each symbol instructs the musician to play a certain note or key. The notes are different in size and shape, which determines how long and long they should be played. There are several types of notes, including whole notes, semiquavers, quarter notes, eighth notes, and sixteenth notes. Numbers and fractions are also called notes; thus, the relationship between music and mathematics. Music theorists have discovered that cadence, verbal-literal language, frequency, timbre, tempo, and patterns all involve some form of mathematical strategies. Although musical measures contain numbers, the most common similarity... middle of paper..... .is involved in the creation of most songs. The topic piqued my interest in answering the question of what the two topics had in common. The fact that two completely different subjects can stimulate the exact same part of the brain is intriguing. As I researched more about the similarities, I learned that math is a strong point of music, which is why they both stimulate the same section (ST) of the brain. Works Cited “Algebra of tonal functions. » Review. Web log article. Np, May 1, 2007. Web. April 26, 2014. .Benson, Dave. “Music: a mathematical offering.” Np, April 24, 2014. .Glydon, Natasha. Representative from the University of Regina and the Pacific Institute for Mathematical Sciences, nd Web, April 26.. 2014. .