Musical patterns

Wilfrid Hodges

Robin J. Wilson

pp. 79-87

in: Gérard Assayag, Hans G. Feichtinger, José F. Rodrigues (eds), Mathematics and music, Berlin, Springer, 2002

Abstract

In this article we look at several musical pieces that illustrate mathematical devices used by composers in their writing. These devices include canon, expansion, retrograde motion and inversion.