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*Book 1 discusses mathematical results: | *Book 1 discusses mathematical results: | ||
** | **Prime factorization | ||
**Continued fractions | **Continued fractions and mediants | ||
*Book 2 discusses basic acoustics (don't mention frequencies) | *Book 2 discusses basic acoustics (don't mention frequencies) | ||
**monochord; building it | **monochord; building it | ||
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**harmonic series | **harmonic series | ||
**intervals as rational string length ratios (given equal thickness and tension); these can be written as tuples by unique factorization | **intervals as rational string length ratios (given equal thickness and tension); these can be written as tuples by unique factorization | ||
*Book 3 discusses | *Book 3 discusses just intonation scales built from notes taken from overtone and undertone series. | ||
**odd- and prime-limit | **odd- and prime-limit | ||
**chord voicings | **chord voicings | ||
Latest revision as of 12:52, 9 December 2019
Elements of Harmony (Classical Windermere: Yămyămał clisăyfäl) is a textbook on just intonation authored in Classical Windermere by physicist, mathematician and composer Tsăhongtamdi covering elementary number theory, acoustics, and just intonation music theory.
Contents
- Book 1 discusses mathematical results:
- Prime factorization
- Continued fractions and mediants
- Book 2 discusses basic acoustics (don't mention frequencies)
- monochord; building it
- Mersenne's Laws?
- harmonic series
- intervals as rational string length ratios (given equal thickness and tension); these can be written as tuples by unique factorization
- Book 3 discusses just intonation scales built from notes taken from overtone and undertone series.
- odd- and prime-limit
- chord voicings
- The tonality diamond is described as a way to "connect" overtone chords/scales over different fundamentals.