Literature:Elements of Harmony: Difference between revisions

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**Basically the ones in Euclid's Elements plus...
**Basically the ones in Euclid's Elements plus...
**Continued fractions
**Continued fractions
**Calculus
**log(x)
*Book 2 discusses basic acoustics (don't mention frequencies)
*Book 2 discusses basic acoustics (don't mention frequencies)
**Calculus?
**monochord
**Mersenne's Laws?
**harmonic series
**harmonic series
**intervals as string length ratios (given equal thickness and tension); these can be written as tuples/monzos
**intervals as string length ratios (given equal thickness and tension); these can be written as tuples/monzos
**motivates logs; gives computation of logs
*Book 3 discusses harmonic properties of various scales.
*Book 3 discusses harmonic properties of various scales.
**odd- and prime-limit
**odd- and prime-limit
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