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Symmetry in Music By: Nandini Nair
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Instruments Piano Guitar 88 keys ≈12 Octaves C12 C1V
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Frieze Symmetries in Musical Score
Claude Debussy Impressionist music Famous piece: Clair de Lune Several mathematical patterns have been seen in his works including the Fibonacci sequence All 7 frieze symmetries can be seen in Claude Debussy’s Three Nocturnes
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Frieze Symmetries in Musical Score Debussy's Three Nocturnes
S2n / 4X D4 / 224 C2h / 2* D4d / 2*4 C4V / *44 D11h / *2211
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Frieze Symmetries in Musical Score Bach’s Canon
Johann Sebastian Bach, a composer from the Baroque period, happened to be particularly fond of glide symmetries Canon’s were Bach’s specialty Describe what exactly a canon is… example frere Jacques 14 Canons
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Bach’s Canon 5 into a Mobius Band
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Circle of Fifths
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D♭ E♭ G♭ A♭ B♭ D♭ E♭ G♭ A♭ B♭ C# D# F# G# A# C# D# F# G# A#
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Circle of Fifths Explain intervals
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Thank you D♭ E♭ G♭ A♭ B♭ D♭ E♭ G♭ A♭ B♭ C# D# F# G# A# C# D# F# G# A#
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