Music Theory & Mathematics

Mathematician Jack Douthett and music theorist John Clough wrote the book on music theory and mathematics, so to speak, in their 2008 publication titled, curiously enough, Music Theory and mathematics: Chords, Collections, and Transformations. Douthett visits Santa Fe Complex on Thursday night, August 14 at 6:00 to review the theory of maximally even sets, an algebraic structure initially designed to model musical scales and chords, with an emphasis on visualization.