Q&A: What influence do advanced mathematics have on music?

Question by Brian: What influence do advanced mathematics have on music?

I'm a mathematics major/music minor looking to combine the two subjects in an honors thesis. I know mathematics was used to create the scale that we use today and exists in music through rational numbers and frequencies. However, I'm looking for advanced, very specific connections between mathematics and music.




Best answer:

Answer by Ed I
You might research the Pythagoreans and how they discovered ratios for harmonies.

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