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Mathematics and music / David Wright.

By: Wright, David, 1949-.
Material type: TextTextSeries: Mathematical world ; v. 28.Publisher: Providence, R.I. : American Mathematical Society, c2009Description: xiv, 161 p. : USD 37.00 ill. ; 26 cm.ISBN: 9780821848739 (alk. paper); 0821848739 (alk. paper).Subject(s): Musical intervals and scales | Music theory -- MathematicsDDC classification: 781.01/51 Online resources: Related Electronic Resource: Author's web page for this work:
Contents:
Basic mathematical and musical concepts -- Horizontal structure -- Harmony and related numerology -- Ratios and musical intervals -- Logarithms and musical intervals -- Chromatic scales -- Octave identification and modular arithmetic -- Algebraic properties of the integers -- The integers as intervals -- Timbre and periodic functions -- The rational numbers as musical intervals -- Tuning the scale to obtain rational intervals.
List(s) this item appears in: 2015-07-09 | music-books
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 147) and index.

Basic mathematical and musical concepts -- Horizontal structure -- Harmony and related numerology -- Ratios and musical intervals -- Logarithms and musical intervals -- Chromatic scales -- Octave identification and modular arithmetic -- Algebraic properties of the integers -- The integers as intervals -- Timbre and periodic functions -- The rational numbers as musical intervals -- Tuning the scale to obtain rational intervals.