Musical pitch quantization as an eigenvalue problem

Journal of Mathematics and Music

Volumn , Issue , 2020, Pages 329-346

  beim Graben, Peter ^a   Mannone, Maria ^b  

^a BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

circle of fifths; continuum; cyclic groups; discrete; quantum cognition; scales; transposition symmetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 85085972145     PISSN: 17459737     EISSN: 17459745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17459737.2020.1763488     Document Type: Article

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