PlayingtheNumbers
SomehighlightsfromMathema'csinMusic
Thomas A. Ivey, College of Charleston October 2009
Spectrograms
PerfectIntervals
• Ra:o2:1isanoctave• Ra:o3:2isaperfectfi4h• Ra:o4:3isaperfectfourth• Ra:o5:4isaperfectthird• Ra:o5:3isaperfectsixth
TheBowedViolinString
Vibra:onalModesforDrums
ChladniPaIerns
PythagoreanScale
ModernTemperamentvs.JustIntona:on
ComparefiMhs: perfect modern
Comparethirds: perfect modern
Comparetriads: perfect modern
Bosanquet’sHarmonium
MusicalTransforma:ons
TransposedownafiMh(7semitones):
InvertaboutD:
Retrograde:
Twelve‐ToneMusic
ArnoldSchoenberg(1874‐1951)
AntonWebern(1883‐1945)
PianoConcerto,Opus42
ConcertoforNineInstruments,Opus24
TotalSerialismPierre Boulez (1925- )
Structures 1a (1950)
ChangeRinging
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PlainBobMinimus
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