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Author Kung, David T.

Title How music and mathematics relate / David Kung.

Publication Info. Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Company, [2013]
©2013

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 Talbott Media  DVD 703    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
 Talbott Media  DVD 703  Booklet    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
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).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description digital
optical
video file
DVD video
Series Great courses. Science & mathematics, mathematics.
Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics.
System Details DVD, full screen.
Performer Lecturer: David Kung, St. Mary's College of Maryland.
Note Twelve lectures (ca. 45 minutes each) on three DVDs.
Bibliography Course guidebook includes bibliographical references.
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.
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.).
Subject Music -- Mathematics.
Music -- Mathematics.
Music theory.
Music theory.
Mathematics.
Mathematics.
Genre/Form Lectures.
Lectures.
Educational films.
Educational films.
Nonfiction films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Feature films.
Video recordings.
Video recordings.
Added Author Teaching Company.
ISBN 9781598039207
1598039202
Music No. 1373 Teaching Company
ID1373A-01 Teaching Company
PD1373A Teaching Company
PT1373A-01