Tuning continua and keyboard layouts

Journal of Mathematics and Music

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-19

  Milne, Andrew ^a   Sethares, William ^b   Plamondon, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^c Thumtronics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Button lattice; Comma; Isotone; Layout; Swathe; Temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749129642     PISSN: 17459737     EISSN: 17459745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17459730701828677     Document Type: Article

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