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Music theory analyzes the pitch, timing, and structure of music. It uses mathematics to study elements of music such as tempo, chord progression, form, and meter. The attempt to structure and communicate new ways of composing and hearing music has led to musical applications of set theory, abstract algebra and number theory.
We decided to build this topic to show you how mathematics is related to music. Maybe you don’t like math, but don’t worry, we will try to explain each concept in a simple way, so that you realize that our sensitivity to sound is linked to the logic of our brains.
In general, music theory maps well to mathematical concepts. Notable sub-areas of music theory that work particularly well are: set theory, twelve-tone theory, scales, and tunings. Music did not come from math, but numeric notation and mathematic operations work well to describe music.
Mathematical music theory uses modern mathematical structures to 1. analyze works of music (describe and explain them), 2. study, characterize, and reconstruct musical objects such as the consonant triad, the diatonic scale, the Ionian mode, the consonance/dissonance dichotomy... 3. compose 4. ...
Mathematics of Music. Sound consists of a physical wave-- a sound wave. A musical note corresponds to a periodic sound wave with a specific frequency. And, as we discuss here, musical relations between notes correspond to mathematical relations between their frequencies.
6 cze 2024 · The Journal focuses on mathematical approaches to musical structures and processes, including mathematical investigations into music-theoretic or compositional issues as well as mathematically motivated analyses of musical works or performances.
Physical, theoretical, physiological, acoustic, compositional, and analytical relationships between mathematics and music are unfolded and explored with focus on tuning and temperament, the mathematics of sound, bell-ringing and modern compositional techniques.
