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For questions on mathematical problems arising from music theory, e.g. scales, harmonies, rhythms, and compositional techniques (such as dodecaphony or minimalism).

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Techniques from number theory used in algorithmic compositions?

I have been experimenting with number theoretic techniques to get some algorithmic compositions. I use python (mingus) to create the midi, import it on musescore 2 and have the corresponing score. Th …
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How to measure perceived note similarity in music / simplicity of ratios?

I have discovered a method to measure the similarity of two successive musical notes which I wanted to share with a question: It is known in music theory that two successive pitches $a,b$ which sound …
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A new method for processing music scores?

I have developed a method and python script: https://github.com/githubuser1983/algorithmic_python_music which allows the user to input a midi file and then chose a few numbers as parameters, and the u …
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