Music : a mathematical offering /
Benson, Dave J.
Music : a mathematical offering / Dave Benson. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007. - xiii, 411 p. ; 26 cm.
May be used as an undergraduate textbook; includes exercises.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 386-392) and index.
Waves and harmonics -- Fourier theory -- A mathematician's guide to the orchestra -- Consonance and dissonance -- Scales and temperaments : the fivefold way -- More scales and temperaments -- Digital music -- Synthesis -- Symmetry in music.
0521619998
Music--Acoustics and physics.
Music--Mathematics.
Musical perception.
Music : a mathematical offering / Dave Benson. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007. - xiii, 411 p. ; 26 cm.
May be used as an undergraduate textbook; includes exercises.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 386-392) and index.
Waves and harmonics -- Fourier theory -- A mathematician's guide to the orchestra -- Consonance and dissonance -- Scales and temperaments : the fivefold way -- More scales and temperaments -- Digital music -- Synthesis -- Symmetry in music.
0521619998
Music--Acoustics and physics.
Music--Mathematics.
Musical perception.