Su alcuni rapporti tra matematica e scale musicali

Stefano Isola

Matematica, Cultura e Società. Rivista dell'Unione Matematica Italiana (2016)

  • Volume: 1, Issue: 1, page 31-50
  • ISSN: 2499-751X

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In this paper we discuss some aspects of the way in which modern mathematics intervenes in the question open in the antiquity about the division of the octave.

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Isola, Stefano. "Su alcuni rapporti tra matematica e scale musicali." Matematica, Cultura e Società. Rivista dell'Unione Matematica Italiana 1.1 (2016): 31-50. <http://eudml.org/doc/288228>.

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