Back الموسيقى والرياضيات Arabic Música i matemàtiques Catalan Música y matemáticas Spanish Muusikamatemaatika ET موسیقی و ریاضیات FA संगीत तथा गणित HI Rapporto tra musica e matematica Italian 音楽と数学 Japanese Música e matemática Portuguese
Music theory analyzes the pitch, timing, and structure of music. It uses mathematics to study elements of music such as tempo, chord progression, form, and meter. The attempt to structure and communicate new ways of composing and hearing music has led to musical applications of set theory, abstract algebra and number theory.
While music theory has no axiomatic foundation in modern mathematics, the basis of musical sound can be described mathematically (using acoustics) and exhibits "a remarkable array of number properties".[1]
- ^ Reginald Smith Brindle, The New Music, Oxford University Press, 1987, pp. 42–43