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The Geometry of Music

Posted by kdawson on from the fantasia-with-strings dept.

An anonymous reader notes a Time.com profile of Princeton University music theorist Dmitri Tymoczko, who has applied some string-theory math to the study of music and found that all possible chordal music can be represented in a higher-dimensional space. His research was published last year in Science — it was the first paper on music theory they ever ran. The paper and background material, including movies, can be viewed at Tymoczko's site.

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  1. Goatse by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Goatse

    You nerds love it.

  2. Re:Windowlicker by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    It might also explain why Aphex Twin sucks ass. The guy isn't a musician, he's a novelty.