> However, this is not for everyone; ask a musician if they are really in the weeds of why the instrument is producing music (the physics behind it!). They are

> However, this is not for everyone; ask a musician if they are really in the weeds of why the instrument is producing music (the physics behind it!). They are probably aware that it's vibrating air, but, in general, they won't know the theory behind it. Knowing the nitty-gritty of the acoustics theory and the related math may not help you much as a musician... (that being said, if you're building a home studio or doing any mixing/mastering, you'll find it helpful to learn about physics of standing waves etc). However, the details of how frequencies come to form the well-tempered scale with all the tradeoffs and imperfections, and the low-level details of music theory, would be something many musician nerds would actually know.