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2012-2013 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog 
    
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2012-2013 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

MTH 119 - Math and Music

3 credits M
Prerequisites: Minimal ability to read music; satisfactory score on mathematics placement exam
Topics which emphasize and explore the close connection between mathematics and music. Historical connections will be studied, as well as the mathematics behind acoustics, rhythm, and 20th century music, and mathematical theories of randomness, leading to fractal music and fractal noise. The mathematical structures behind non-Western musical theories such as pentatonic and quarter-tone scalings, and polyrhythms will be explored.