Re: Math and music

From: Bob Pease (robertjp_at_askmeinapost.com)
Date: 10/14/04 

Date: 14 Oct 2004 12:35:23 EDT

"hs" <hs@kaba.com> wrote in message
news:416ea07b$0$28031$5402220f@news.sunrise.ch...
> Bob Pease wrote:
> > "David Dalton" <dalton@nfld.com> wrote in message
> > news:sb9rm0hkuur5735dcl9iqsnskjcd7d4vrq@4ax.com...
> >
> >>Could you recommend good book(s) on the mathematics of music?
> >>Such could be a book on music theory with a lot of mathematics.
> >>
> >>I am very advanced mathematically and know a good bit about
> >>acoustical physics and related mathematics but not much yet
> >>about music theory including the frequencies of various notes,
> >>the mathematical definition of musical keys and of harmonization
> >>and more. But again I am mathematically advanced and
> >>also have a good ear I think now, and may try to learn an
> >>instrument soon.
> >>
> >>David
> >
> > I would be interested also.
> > Google gives loads of links
> > You might be more specific as to your area of interest.
> >
>
> I think a good overview, quite broad and yet not shallow, it the page of
> Dave Benson:
> http://www.math.uga.edu/~djb/html/math-music.html
>
> Then there is Dave Rusin's page:
> http://www.math.niu.edu/~rusin/papers/uses-math/music/
>
> and a couple of others I have collected on my homepage:
> http://home.datacomm.ch/straub/mamuth/mamulink.html
>
> Timothy Murphy wrote:
> >
> > I glanced at a book called "The topos of music",
> > but I wasn't sure if it was sane or not.
> >
>
> Maybe it's less a question whether the book is sane but rather whether
> the reader stays so... :-)
>
> "The Topos of Music" is very special, but it sure meets the requirements
> "music theory with a lot of mathematics". Being very advanced
> mathematically, you can sure risk a look.
> --
> Hans Straub

Thanks Hans
Also for giving me something better to do than Al-Bashing

Bob Pease 

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