Star Wars Theme Song

ABOUT THE WORK
The video above conveys the musical component of this work and the general aesthetic.  Scroll down to see the final version of this work (completed March 2025).  Note: In the video you'll hear me say the interval number associated with each colored record label and if it's higher or lower than the previous note over a soundtrack of me playing the melody notes on the guitar.   

* 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.

Star Wars Theme Song, 2024-25, 48x48 inches, sixteen 45 LP records, custom 45 adapters, aluminum rod, wood panel and frame.  Note: The thin lines running behind the 45 records indicate whether the next note is higher or lower than the proceeding note because music usually consists of multiple octaves.

Star Trek Theme Song (TOS), 2024    Click on image above for more information about this work.

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.