The Tower of Ha(rmo)noi

Year: 2021 Authors: Donald Spector

Core claim

Carefully chosen harmonic mappings can make solving the Tower of Hanoi audibly meaningful and aesthetically pleasing, and similar sonifications may help compose music from puzzles.

Topics

sonification, Tower of Hanoi, musical harmony, mathematical puzzles

Domains

combinatorial puzzle, algorithmic sequence, sound art, music theory, aesthetic mapping

Methods

state-to-chord encoding, harmonic mapping, example solution tracing

Media

chords, Western tonal harmony, tower puzzle states

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