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The math behind the music
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The math behind the music

by Leon Harkleroad

This book explores how mathematics is used to analyse, describe and create music, covering acoustics, scales, tuning systems and compositional techniques. Accessible to general readers, musicians and mathematicians alike, it includes an audio CD of musical examples.

Accession 4189 ISBN 9780521009355 Publisher Cambridge University Press
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