The Math Behind the Music (Outlooks)
Edition: Pap/Cdr edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 7, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9780521009355
Subjects: Study & Teaching; Music; Mathematics; Science/Mathematics; Theory; Applied; Instruction & Study - Theory; Mathematics / General; Music theory
First sentence: When I mention to someone my work on a book about mathematics and music, I tend to get one of two responses: "Yeah, they really are a lot alike, aren't they?"
Description: Explores math-related aspects of music, including tuning systems, aleatoric and twelve-tone music, and change ringing and contradancing.
Notes: Includes CD
Table of contents: pagenum: xi
class: section
title: Preface; pagenum: xiii
class: part
title: Acknowledgements; pagenum: 1
title: Mathematics and Music, a Duet
class: part
label: 1; pagenum: 5
label: 2
class: part
title: Pitch:  The Ground of usic; pagenum: 21
title: Tuning Up
class: part
label: 3; pagenum: 33
label: 4
class: part
title: How to Vary a Theme Mathematically; pagenum: 55
title: Bells and Groups
class: part
label: 5; pagenum: 71
title: Music by Chance
class: part
label: 6; pagenum: 93
label: 7
class: part
title: Pattern, Pattern, Pattern; pagenum: 105
label: 8
class: part
title: Sight Meets Sound; pagenum: 117
label: 9
class: part
title: How Not to Mix Mathematics and Music; pagenum: 129
class: part
title: Bibliography; pagenum: 135
class: part
title: Contents of the CD; pagenum: 137
class: part
title: Illustration Credits; pagenum: 139
class: part
title: Index