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.


LibraryMaterial TypeItem BarcodeShelf NumberStatus
IYTE LibraryBook0010777ML3800.M85 2003Rafta