Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Waves and harmonics
- 2 Fourier theory
- 3 A mathematician's guide to the orchestra
- 4 Consonance and dissonance
- 5 Scales and temperaments: the fivefold way
- 6 More scales and temperaments
- 7 Digital music
- 8 Synthesis
- 9 Symmetry in music
- Appendix A Bessel functions
- Appendix B Equal tempered scales
- Appendix C Frequency and MIDI chart
- Appendix D Intervals
- Appendix E Just, equal and meantone scales compared
- Appendix F Music theory
- Appendix G Recordings
- References
- Bibliography
- Index
Appendix B - Equal tempered scales
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Waves and harmonics
- 2 Fourier theory
- 3 A mathematician's guide to the orchestra
- 4 Consonance and dissonance
- 5 Scales and temperaments: the fivefold way
- 6 More scales and temperaments
- 7 Digital music
- 8 Synthesis
- 9 Symmetry in music
- Appendix A Bessel functions
- Appendix B Equal tempered scales
- Appendix C Frequency and MIDI chart
- Appendix D Intervals
- Appendix E Just, equal and meantone scales compared
- Appendix F Music theory
- Appendix G Recordings
- References
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Music: A Mathematical Offering , pp. 365 - 366Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2006