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Proof: The Geometry of Musical Chords →

May 15, 2011

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by Dmitri Tymoczko

A musical chord can be represented as a point in an orbifold. (An orbifold is a quotient manifold.)

Line segments join notes of one chord to those of another. Composers in a wide range of styles have exploited the (non-Euclidean)…

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