Using Binary Numbers in Music

Year: 2008 Authors: Vi Hart

Core claim

Binary-number rhythms provide a flexible compositional constraint that can organize music while preserving melodic freedom.

Topics

binary rhythms, musical encoding, compositional constraints, steganography

Domains

binary numbers, Fibonacci sequence, integer sequences, music composition, sound art, algorithmic composition

Methods

8-bit ASCII encoding, bit-to-rhythm mapping, sequence-based composition, hidden-message encoding

Media

string quartet, piano, violin, flute

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