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This is a song I wrote to help me memorize π, since I can memorize music easier than strings of numbers. In my mind, I can hear the melody, and figure out the numbers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMq9he-5HUU

 I created the melody for this song by taking pi and assigning each number to a note on the A harmonic minor scale.

I added harmonies with the left hand.

Song starts now!

Fun facts about pi:

Since there are 360 degrees in a circle and pi is intimately connected with the circle, some mathematicians were delighted to discover that the number 360 is at the 359th digit position of pi.

In the Greek alphabet, π is the sixteenth letter.

In the English alphabet, p is also the sixteenth letter.

Thirty-nine decimal places of pi are enough to compute the circumference of a circle the size of the known universe with an error no greater than the radius of a hydrogen atom.

" Pi Day" is celebrated on March 14 (which was chosen because it resembles 3.14).The official celebration begins at 1:59 p.m., to make an appropriate 3.14159 when combined with the date.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMq9he-5HUU