Connector Line Works
(in progress)

The Connector Works convey melodies solely by pitch changes.  The line slopes up if the next note is higher and slopes down if the next note is lower.  The angles are precise, the more significant the gap between notes, the steeper the line slope.  

The two Connector Works on display are based on the Star Trek Theme Song (TOS)

* The color chart below contains interval numbers and note names/ letters that correspond to the colors of the 7 note diatonic scale 1-2-3-4-5-6-7. Five more colors are added in between to represent the sharps and flats of the 12 note chromatic scale.

Using color to link musical notes, numbers (1-2-3) and letters (A-B-C) is easy to learn because the human brain is already hard wired to make connections between the different senses. Color, sound, number, letter connections are just not well developed in most people (except for people who have Synesthesia). Think about the experience of hearing sounds and seeing imagery "in the real world" or "in your mind's eye." Our brains process the full range of sensory information as a unified, singular experience.

The idea for this new series of work came from the surprising speed in which my brain connected musical notes and interval numbers when I started color coding sheet music and guitar charts. The connections happened so quickly and effortlessly I knew it wasn't "Devorah" thing. It was a "brain" thing. This realization was the inspiration for this new series of art.

Art that Bridges the Universal Languages of Music, Math, and Color

In the time of the Ancient Greeks, music was not seen as an art but rather as a quantitative science that was used as a mathematical and philosophical description of how the universe was perceived to be constructed.