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How music and mathematics relate /Course Guidebook/ David Kung.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher number: 1373 | Teaching CompanyID1373A-01 | Teaching CompanyPD1373A | Teaching CompanyPT1373A-01Series: Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics.Publication details: Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Company, ©2013.Description: 3 videodiscs (558 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 112 pages ; 19 cm) + 1 transcript book (iv., 329 pages ; 19 cm)Content type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
  • text
Media type:
  • video
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781598039207
  • 1598039202
  • 9781629971483
  • 1629971480
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Disc 1. Overtones : symphony in a single note (48 min.) ; Timbre : why each instrument sounds different (46 min.) ; Pitch and auditory illusions (47 min.) ; How scales are constructed (48 min.) -- Disc 2. How scale tunings and composition coevolved (46 min.) ; Dissonance and piano tuning (50 min.) ; Rhythm : from numbers to patterns (44 min.) ; Transformations and symmetry (50 min.) -- Disc 3. Self-reference from Bach to Gödel (42 min.) ; Composing with math : classical to avant-garde (45 min.) ; The digital delivery of music (46 min.) ; Math, music, and the mind (46 min.).
(From Guide): Introduction. Professor Biography -- Course scope -- Lecture Guides. Lecture 1: Overtones-symphony in a single note -- Lecture 2: Timbre: why each instrument sounds different -- Lecture 3: Pitch and auditory illusions -- Lecture 4: How scales are constructed -- Lecture 5: How scale tunings and composition coevolved -- Lecture 6: Dissonance and piano tuning -- Lecture 7: Rhythm: from numbers to patterns -- Lecture 8: Transformations and symmetry -- Lecture 9: Self-reference from Bach to Gödel -- Lecture 10: Composing with math -- classical to avant-garde -- Lecture 11: The digital delivery of music -- Lecture 12: Math, music, and the mind -- Supplemental material. Bibliography.
Lecturer: David Kung, St. Mary's College of Maryland.Summary: "Understanding the connections between music and mathematics helps you appreciate both, even if you have no special ability in either field--from knowing the mathematics behind tuning an instrument to understanding the features that define your favorite pieces. By exploring the mathematics of music, you also learn why non-Western music sounds so different, gain insight into the technology of modern sound reproduction, and start to hear the world around you in exciting new ways"--Website.
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Twelve lectures (ca. 45 minutes each) on three DVDs.

Course guidebook Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-112).

Disc 1. Overtones : symphony in a single note (48 min.) ; Timbre : why each instrument sounds different (46 min.) ; Pitch and auditory illusions (47 min.) ; How scales are constructed (48 min.) -- Disc 2. How scale tunings and composition coevolved (46 min.) ; Dissonance and piano tuning (50 min.) ; Rhythm : from numbers to patterns (44 min.) ; Transformations and symmetry (50 min.) -- Disc 3. Self-reference from Bach to Gödel (42 min.) ; Composing with math : classical to avant-garde (45 min.) ; The digital delivery of music (46 min.) ; Math, music, and the mind (46 min.).

(From Guide): Introduction. Professor Biography -- Course scope -- Lecture Guides. Lecture 1: Overtones-symphony in a single note -- Lecture 2: Timbre: why each instrument sounds different -- Lecture 3: Pitch and auditory illusions -- Lecture 4: How scales are constructed -- Lecture 5: How scale tunings and composition coevolved -- Lecture 6: Dissonance and piano tuning -- Lecture 7: Rhythm: from numbers to patterns -- Lecture 8: Transformations and symmetry -- Lecture 9: Self-reference from Bach to Gödel -- Lecture 10: Composing with math -- classical to avant-garde -- Lecture 11: The digital delivery of music -- Lecture 12: Math, music, and the mind -- Supplemental material. Bibliography.

Lecturer: David Kung, St. Mary's College of Maryland.

"Understanding the connections between music and mathematics helps you appreciate both, even if you have no special ability in either field--from knowing the mathematics behind tuning an instrument to understanding the features that define your favorite pieces. By exploring the mathematics of music, you also learn why non-Western music sounds so different, gain insight into the technology of modern sound reproduction, and start to hear the world around you in exciting new ways"--Website.

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