Music and mathematics : from Pythagoras to fractals
by
Fauvel, John.
Title
:
Music and mathematics : from Pythagoras to fractals
Author
:
Fauvel, John.
ISBN
:
9780198511878
Publication Information
:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Physical Description
:
189 p. : ill., music ; 26 cm.
Contents
:
Tuning and temperament : closing the spiral / Neil Bibby -- Musical cosmology : Kepler and his readers / J. V. Field -- Science of musical sound / Charles Taylor -- Faggot's fretful fiasco / Ian Stewart -- Helmholtz : combinational tones and consonance / David Fowler -- Geometry of music / Wilfrid Hodges -- Ringing the changes : bells and mathematics / Dermot Roaf and Arthur White -- Composing with numbers : sets, rows and magic squares / Jonathan Cross -- Microtones and projective planes / Carlton Gamer and Robin Wilson -- Composing with fractals / Robert Sherlaw Johnson.
Subject Term
:
Music theory -- Mathematics.
Musical temperament.
Added Author
:
Fauvel, John.
Flood, Raymond.
Wilson, Robin J.
Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Status |
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IYTE Library | Book | 0010777 | ML3800.M85 2003 | Rafta |