Mathematics and Music: Composition, Perception, and Performance

James S. Walker & Gary W. Don

Language: English

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: Apr 10, 2013

Description:

At first glance, mathematics and music seem to be from separate worlds-one from science, one from art. But in fact, the connections between the two go back thousands of years, such as Pythagoras's ideas about how to quantify changes of pitch for musical tones (musical intervals). Mathematics and Music: Composition, Perception, and Performance explo