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.
Phi, like Pi, is a ratio defined by a geometric construction. Just as pi (p) is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, phi ( ) is simply the ratio of the line segments that result when a line is divided in one very special and unique way. Divide a line so that: to the length of the smaller line segment (C).