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- A web app that can play musical scales according to mathematical equations https://alexcrist.github.io/scaler/ 23 comments
- Music: A Mathematical Offering (2006) http://freecomputerbooks.com/Music-A-Mathematical-Offering.html 38 comments
- The distinction between music and noise is mathematical form http://physics.info/music/ 37 comments
- Mathematical explanation of music and white/black notes in a piano http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/11669/mathematical-difference-between-white-and-black-notes-in-a-piano 30 comments
- Information content of note transitions in the music of J. S. Bach | Converting hundreds of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach into mathematical networks reveals that they store lots of information and convey it very effectively https://www.newscientist.com/article/2415469-mathematicians-have-finally-proved-that-bach-was-a-great-composer/ 38 comments science
- [P] A mathematical model of music https://tonamic.com/ 7 comments machinelearning
- A react project that plays musical scales according to mathematical equations https://alexcrist.github.io/scaler/ 6 comments webdev
- The Mathematics of Music [pdf] https://imaginary.org/sites/default/files/20190911-lala-booklet-v0.4-web-text.pdf 5 comments math
- "Like poetry and music, mathematics is not an occupation but a vocation" https://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/c6qza1/like_poetry_and_music_mathematics_is_not_an/ 35 comments math
- Even people without mathematical training experience the “beauty” of maths, according to a new study, which found that people tend to see similarities between mathematical proofs and certain paintings or pieces of music, suggesting we all share an intuition for the aesthetics of mathematics. https://digest.bps.org.uk/2019/05/23/even-people-without-mathematical-training-experience-the-beauty-of-maths/ 4 comments science
- Mathematics and Music https://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/adx03f/mathematics_and_music/ 18 comments math
- Here's a great video showing the mathematical beauty of John Coltrane's music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62tIvfP9A2w 42 comments math
- Why it's impossible to tune a piano — The mathematics of music means piano strings can never be in perfect harmony (4:19) https://aeon.co/videos/the-mathematics-of-music-means-piano-strings-can-never-be-in-perfect-harmony 49 comments math
- Mathematics and Music Composition (X-post /r/MusicTheory) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4niz8TfY794 3 comments math
- Thesis for essay on mathematics in music https://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/4xq9ar/thesis_for_essay_on_mathematics_in_music/ 12 comments math
- I just learned about Euler's Tentamen Novae Theoriae Musicae and my curiosity is peaked, does anyone know of some good resources to learn about mathematical music theory? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonnetz 5 comments math
- [PDF] For the musicians and music lovers of this sub, here is a text offering a mathematical treatment of music http://homepages.abdn.ac.uk/mth192/pages/html/music.pdf 10 comments math
- Mathematical beauty activates same brain region as great art or music http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0214/13022014-mathematical-beauty-activates-same-brain-region-as-great-art-zeki 324 comments science
- "Mathematical beauty activates same brain region as great art or music" http://journal.frontiersin.org/journal/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00068/abstract 14 comments science
- Mathematical beauty activates same brain region as great art or music http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140212183557.htm 23 comments math
- "Why the brain sees maths as beauty; Brain scans show a complex string of numbers and letters in mathematical formulae can evoke the same sense of beauty as artistic masterpieces and music from the greatest composers..." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26151062 7 comments cogsci
- People who appreciate the beauty of mathematics activate the same part of their brain when they look at aesthetically pleasing formula as others do when appreciating art or music, suggesting that there is a neurobiological basis to beauty. http://neurosciencenews.com/neurobiology-mathematical-beauty-756/ 667 comments science
- Music: a Mathematical Offering http://homepages.abdn.ac.uk/mth192/pages/html/maths-music.html 5 comments math
- Why dissonant music strikes the wrong chord in the brain -- New study suggests the common aversion to clashing harmonies seems to be due to mathematical relationships of overtones. http://www.nature.com/news/why-dissonant-music-strikes-the-wrong-chord-in-the-brain-1.11791 33 comments science
- Hey /r/math, what are some interesting instances of mathematics in the music world, be they people or albums or concepts? http://www.tractor-beam.com/blog/2012/08/27/the-apples-in-stereos-robert-schneider-pursues-graduate-study-in-mathematics/ 21 comments math
- Colbert Deconstructs Pop Music, Finds Mathematical Nerdiness Within « Measure of Doubt http://measureofdoubt.com/2012/09/12/colbert-deconstructs-pop-music-finds-mathematical-nerdiness-within/ 4 comments math
- TIL Platonic love isn't what we thought it was. In fact, Plato didn't even believe in it, was pro-sex, thought erotica was a spiritual force that helps us find our true selves, and expressed these real values in a hidden mathematical and musical code. http://www.braincrave.com/viewblog.php?id=667 8 comments philosophy
- There is an intimate, if not absolutely essential, relationship between mathematics and music. http://www.composition-contest.com/kbase/kb15.htm 25 comments cogsci
- There is an intimate, if not absolutely essential, relationship between mathematics and music. http://www.composition-contest.com/kbase/kb15.htm 4 comments science
- Mathematical Transformations in Bach's "A Musical Offering" http://www.ams.org/featurecolumn/archive/canon1.html 4 comments math
- Music: A Mathematical Offering [ebook, PDF] http://www.maths.abdn.ac.uk/~bensondj/html/music.pdf 3 comments math
- The Connections Between Music and Mathematics http://www.scienceray.com/mathematics/the-connections-between-music-and-mathematics.129161 7 comments science
- Science Today: Connection between music and mathematics revealed http://aurmoth.blogspot.com/2008/04/connection-between-music-and.html 2 comments reddit.com
- If music and painting were taught like mathematics [PDF] http://www.maa.org/devlin/lockhartslament.pdf 46 comments programming
- Music: a Mathematical Offering http://www.maths.abdn.ac.uk/~bensondj/html/maths-music.html 7 comments programming
- Rap music represented in mathematical charts and graphs http://www.jamphat.com/rap/???/ 3 comments reddit.com
- Rap music represented in mathematical charts and graphs http://www.jamphat.com/rap/??/ 17 comments reddit.com
- Mathematical Music - The Hamilton Cycle and Nyquist, a Lisp for Music http://danglingprojects.blogspot.com/2007/04/dangling-projects-hamilton-cycle-in.html 6 comments programming
- A 2010 rant by Keith Devlin: "to confuse mathematics with mastery of skills is the same as thinking architecture is about bricklaying, or confusing music with mastering the musical scale. Of course basic skills are important. But they are merely the tools for mathematical thinking." https://www.maa.org/external_archive/devlin/devlin_06_10.html 37 comments math
- Fields Medal-winner Manjul Bhargava on how music moves his mathematics, ‘fringe’ science, and his current obsession: a biopic on the maths legend, S. Ramanujan. http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/manjul-bhargava-on-how-music-moves-his-mathematics/article8086197.ece 11 comments india