Chapter 00 | Preface and Introduction | 14 pages |
Meter - X | ||
Synopsis - XI | ||
Acknowledgements - XII | ||
Notes - XII | ||
Chapter 01 | The Heart of the Matter -- Harmony and Mutable Numbers | 32 pages |
Positional Notation - 01.2 | ||
The Harmonic Series - 01.6 | ||
Oscillation and Numbers - 01.8 | ||
Number Patterns - 01.11 | ||
Mutable Base Numbers - 01.13 | ||
Multiple Digit Sequences - 01.17 | ||
The Minor Chord - 01.22 | ||
Prelude No.1 - J. S. Bach - 01.23 | ||
Conclusions - 01.28 | ||
Chapter 02 | The Piano Tuner's Tale -- Scales and Keys | 24 pages |
Graphs - 02.1 | ||
Scales - 02.7 | ||
Tonal Centers (Keys) - 02.13 | ||
The Language of Music - 02.20 | ||
Chapter 03 | Numbers in the Material World -- Computation, Information and Entropy | 24 pages |
Information and Structure - 03.2 | ||
Algorithms and Computation - 03.12 | ||
Mutable Numbers, Energy and Entropy - 03.19 | ||
Chapter 04 | Three Domains of Music? -- Pitch, Duration and Timbre | 24 pages |
Domain of Pitch - 04.3 | ||
Domain of Duration - 04.11 | ||
Domain of Timbre - 04.18 | ||
Chapter 05 | Little Worlds -- Algorithms and Nested Patterns | 22 pages |
New Perspectives - 05.8 | ||
Chapter 06 | The Full Cadence -- The Algorithm of Symmetrical Exchange | 16 pages |
Beyond the Full Cadence - 06.12 | ||
Chapter 07 | Nested Harmonic Series -- The Format of Computation | 26 pages |
Patterns in the Table of Harmonic Series - 07.7 | ||
Primes, Factors and Divisors - 07.18 | ||
Chapter 08 | The Tonal Era -- A Short History of Music and Music Theory | 28 pages |
Medieval Period 08.5 | ||
Renaissance - 08.8 | ||
Baroque Period - 08.10 | ||
Classical Style - 08.16 | ||
Romantic Period - 08.18 | ||
Twentieth Century - 08.23 | ||
Chapter 09 | Identity and Change -- Modulating Oscillatory Systems | 30 pages |
Table of Harmonic Series - 09.3 | ||
Modulation, Meter and Time Signatures - 09.17 | ||
The Integration of Major and Minor - 09.22 | ||
Conclusions - 09.28 | ||
Chapter 10 | Chords and Meters -- Numbers in Music | 32 pages |
Chords of the Augmented and Neapolitan Sixth - 10.12 | ||
Chord Progression - 10.23 | ||
Meters - 10.25 | ||
Chapter 11 | The Minor Mode -- Dualism and the Root of the Minor Triad | 28 pages |
The Perception of Tonal Music - 11.8 | ||
Aggregation and the Minor Triad - 11.13 | ||
Chapter 12 | Prelude by J.S.Bach -- MOS/MBN Examples | 18 pages |
Mutable Number Digit Sequences - 12.9 | ||
Prelude No.1 in C major - 12.10 | ||
Mozart Piano Sonata K545 - 12.12 | ||
Chapter 13 | Mathematical Miscellany -- Geometry, Symmetry and Computation | 32 pages |
The Union of Pitch and Duration - 13.5 | ||
Sets, Groups and Mutable Numbers - 13.12 | ||
Computation with Mutable Numbers - 13.25 | ||
Study: The Divisors of Seventy-two - 13.29 | ||
Chapter 14 | Reflection -- Harmonic Inversion | 24 pages |
Integrating the Arithmetic Principle into Traditional Harmony - 14.11 | ||
Symmetry and Negative Numbers - 14.20 | ||
Chapter 15 | Wider Horizons -- From Particles to Planets | 28 pages |
Elements of Music? - 15.9 | ||
Conclusion - 15.24 | ||
Appendix A | Music Theory Toolkit | 12 pages |
Harmonic Analysis - 16.7 | ||
Appendix B | Fractional Mutable Base Numbers | 06 pages |
Appendix C | Glossary | 12 pages |
Appendix D | Examples, AWK Scripts, Cellular Automata, etc... | 33 files, zipped |
Appendix E | Quick Start Outline | 18 pages |
Appendix F | Introduction to the MOS Examples | 28 pages |
Guide to Constructing a MOS Analysis - 21.4 | ||
Index | 13 pages | |
Examples of Reflection | ||
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Example A | Air from 'Giulio Cesare' - G.F.Handel -- Score and MIDI file | 06 pages |
Example B | Gavotte - Jean-Philippe Rameau -- Score and MIDI file | 04 pages |
Example C | Gavotte - H. Thornowitz -- Score and MIDI file | 09 pages |
Example D | Fugue VII, Book II - J.S.Bach -- Score and MIDI file | 06 pages |
Example E | La Follia - A. Corelli -- Score and MIDI file | 56 pages |
Example F | Ricecar dopo il Credo - G. Frescobaldi -- Score and MIDI file | 06 pages |
Examples of MOS/Mutable Number Analysis | ||
Introduction | Guide to the MOS Examples | 04 pages |
Example G | Prelude No.3, Op28 - F. Chopin -- Score and Analysis | 17 pages |
Example H | Chanson: Adieu m'amour et ma Maistresse - G. Binchois -- S & A | 08 pages |
Example I | Chorale: Christus, der ist mein Leben - J.S. Bach -- Score and Analysis | 06 pages |
Example J | Intermezzo, Op119, No.3 - J. Brahms -- Score and Analysis | 20 pages |
Example K | Waldstein Sonata, Op53 - L. van Beethoven -- Score and Analysis | 33 pages |
Example L | Motet: Ave Maria - Josquin des Prez -- Score and Analysis | 06 pages |
Example M | Courante - Johann Jakob Froberger -- Score and Analysis | 10 pages |
Example N | Heinrich Schenker's Ursatz Reduction of Prelude No.1 - J. S. Bach | 02 pages |
Example O | Study based on Prelude No.1 in C by J. S. Bach -- Score and MIDI file | 06 pages |
Example P | The II-V-I Cadence | 17 pages |
Example Q | Cadences in the MOS Model | 23 pages |
Example R | Study: The Divisors of Seventy-Two | 16 pages |
Example R2 | Rondo: The Divisors of Seventy-Two -- Score and MIDI file | 07 pages |
Example S | Original MOS/MBN Analysis: Prelude No.1 by J.S. Bach | 18 pages |
Example S2 | Computer Generated MOS/MBN Analyses: Prelude No.1 by J.S. Bach | 40 pages |
Example S3 | Most Recent MOS/MBN Analysis: Prelude No.1 by J.S. Bach | 26 pages |
Example T | Chorale: Ach Gott und Herr - J.S. Bach -- Score and Analysis | 09 pages |
Example T2 | Computer Generated MOS/MBN Analysis: Ach Gott und Herr - J.S. Bach | 10 pages |
Example U | Bach Chorale: O Jesulein Suss - The Math of Exchange | 18 pages |
Example V | Chopin: Prelude 20 - Harmonic trends in 19th century | 16 pages |
Example W | Per non mi dir ch'io moia - M. Rossi, Just Intonation & MBN model | 14 pages |
Example X | Prelude No.1 - Claude Debussy, Diffuse tonality & MBN model | 27 pages |
Example Y | Polonaise - A Straightforward Mutable Number Analysis | 9 pages |
Example Z | the ‘Tristan Chord’ - A Mutable Number Interpretation | 15 pages |