by Reginald King Mark Bebbington THE resurgence of light music both on disc and latterly in the concert hall-thanks to conductors like John Wilson-has been a phenomenon of the last 20 years.
Golden Ratio. The golden ratio (symbol is the Greek letter phi shown at left) is a special number approximately equal to 1.618. It appears many times in geometry, art, architecture and other areas.
By dividing a circle into Golden proportions, where the ratio of the arc length are equal to the Golden Ratio, we find the angle of the arcs to be 137.5 degrees. In fact, this is the angle at which adjacent leaves are positioned around the stem.