Comment on "The geometry of musical chords".

Full Abstract

Tymoczko (Reports, 7 July 2006, p. 72) proposed that the familiar sonorities of Western tonal music cluster around the center of a multidimensional orbifold. However, this is not true for all tonal progressions. When prototypical three-voice cadential progressions by Bach converge on the tonic, the chords migrate from the center to the edge of the orbifold.

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Author information

Author/s: Headlam, Dave (D); Brown, Matthew (M);

Affiliation: Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester, 26 Gibbs Street, Rochester, NY 14604, USA. dheadlam(-atsign-)esm.rochester.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comment; Journal Article

Journal: Science (New York, N.Y.) (Science), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2007-Jan; vol 315 (issue 5810) : pp 330; author reply 330

Dates: Created 2007/01/19; Completed 2007/02/01; Revised 2007/03/19;

PMID: 17234932, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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Comments and Corrections

CommentOn: Science. 2006 Jul 7;313(5783):72-4. (PMID: 16825563)

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Humans
Mathematics

Mathematics
Music

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