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In this article we look at several musical pieces that illustrate mathematical devices used by composers in their writing. These devices include canon, expansion, retrograde motion and inversion.
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Hodges, W., Wilson, R.J. (2002). Musical Patterns. In: Assayag, G., Feichtinger, H.G., Rodrigues, J.F. (eds) Mathematics and Music . Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04927-3_5
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