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From Polychords to Polya : Adventures in Musical Combinatorics

By Michael Keith

Book information

Publisher
Vinculum Pr
Year
1991
ISBN
0963009702, 9780963009708
Open Library ID
OL11699097M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
11 MB (11982596 bytes)
Pages
175\175
Orientation
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

How many different musical chords, or scales, or rhythms, are there, and why are some more popular than others? Questions such as these can be answered using the tools of mathematical combinatorics, as explained in this fascinating book accessible to the high-school or undergraduate student of mathematics, or the musician with some math background. Mathematical concepts which appear include binomial coefficients, necklace counting, Pascal's triangle, the Fibonacci sequence, and Polya counting theory.

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