Musical ability has long been known to cooccur with mathematical ability. If you rephrase this question as "why are great coders often also great at math?", you might find it less surprising.
True.. but to me great music is not so much about hitting the right notes. Putting emotions and groove into your playing makes it great. Something I never managed to do. I can hit all the notes perfectly on my guitar but it still sounds crappy. So does great mathematically ability also lead to a deeper understanding of music and the ability to get the original intent of the composer across?
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Musical ability has long been known to cooccur with mathematical ability. If you rephrase this question as "why are great coders often also great at math?", you might find it less surprising.
True.. but to me great music is not so much about hitting the right notes. Putting emotions and groove into your playing makes it great. Something I never managed to do. I can hit all the notes perfectly on my guitar but it still sounds crappy. So does great mathematically ability also lead to a deeper understanding of music and the ability to get the original intent of the composer across?