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The term musical kinetics combines the two terms: 'Kinetics' (Ancient Greek: κίνησις "kinesis", movement or to move) and the term 'Music' deriving from Greek μουσική (mousike), "(art) of the Muses." . Study of the movement, shape and geometry that can be imparted by music to a listener has resulted in articles being produced by musicians and mathematicians alike, for instance in his 2009 lecture: Professor Wilfred Hodges discusses the geometrical shapes in music. This however is by no means a new concept, indeed Pythagoras reported ways of describing pleasing musical intervals over 2000 years ago.

History
As early as 500BC Pythagoras attempted to fit mathematical equations to the sounds of the hammers of blacksmiths.

Between 2004 and 2009 many articles were written discussing musical shape, geometry and movement.

In 2008 three Professors of music came together to publish a report on "Geometrical Music Theory": Clifton Callender from Florida State University, Ian Quinn from Yale University and Dmitri Tymoczko from Princeton University.

Artists
Benjamin Britten is quoted as stating that he never started on a piece of music until he had a very clear conception of the actual shape of the music, not just the notes.

Current & Future Use
The connection between shape and music can be seen in modern music, for example the use of low frequency oscillators (LFOs) in dubstep has lead to a particular class of sound known as the dubstep wobble.

With the new brands of controllers such as the Kinect available then ever more chances become available to explore the connection between shape and music using computers.