Circular Distributions and Spectra Variations in Music

Year: 2005 Authors: Richard J. Krantz; Jack Douthett

Core claim

Spectra variation orders circular distributions by evenness, with maximally even sets scoring below one and equal-tempered sets scoring zero.

Topics

circular distributions, spectra variation, maximally even sets, musical scales, interval spectra

Domains

combinatorics, discrete geometry, set theory, metric comparison, music theory, visualization, diagrammatic analysis

Methods

circular dot distributions, spectrum width calculation, average variation measure, ranking examples

Media

circle diagrams, tables, musical scale examples

Source status

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