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Harmonograph: A Visual Guide to the Mathematics of Music

by Anthony Ashton
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Harmonograph: A Visual Guide to the Mathematics of Music
Harmonograph: A Visual Guide to the Mathematics of Music

Where music becomes geometry you can see

This is a lovely little book for anyone who’s ever felt that music has a hidden architecture underneath it. It makes ideas like harmony, tuning, resonance, and overtones feel visual, tactile, and surprisingly intuitive. Readers who enjoy beautiful diagrams and compact books packed with wonder will likely find it both calming to browse and genuinely mind-expanding.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Harmonograph: A Visual Guide to the Mathematics of Music

by Anthony Ashton
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ISBN: 9780802714091
Authors: Anthony Ashton
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Date of Publication: 2003-04-01
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Science, Art, Music
Related Topics: Physics, Popular Science, Art, Art Books Monographs, Mathematics, Design
Goodreads rating: 3.93
(rated by 271 readers)

Description

Harmonograph offers a visually engaging tour of the mathematics behind music. From Pythagoras to diatonic tuning and equal temperament, it introduces simple harmonic motion and its musical implications. The book includes diagrams illustrating the octave, the fifth, harmonics, overtones, and the monochord, and it explores resonance through Chladni patterns. It also describes how to build a harmonograph and surveys various tuning systems from around the world. This work will appeal to musicians, mathematicians, designers, and artists who enjoy the intersection of art and science.
 

Where music becomes geometry you can see

This is a lovely little book for anyone who’s ever felt that music has a hidden architecture underneath it. It makes ideas like harmony, tuning, resonance, and overtones feel visual, tactile, and surprisingly intuitive. Readers who enjoy beautiful diagrams and compact books packed with wonder will likely find it both calming to browse and genuinely mind-expanding.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.