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Author(s) -
Salvatore Cuomo,
Ardelio Galletti,
Gabriele Guerriero
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
applied mathematical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1314-7552
pISSN - 1312-885X
DOI - 10.12988/ams.2014.49685
Subject(s) - mathematics education , computer science , mathematics
This paper concerns the connection between Mathematics and Music. After a description of the nature of sound, the problem of the construction of the musical scale, from the studies of Pythagoras to the tempered scale is considered. An algorithm for the construction of a scale is given. Mathematics Subject Classication: 97Q80, 97N80, 97N10
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