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Mathematics and Computation in Music (MCM 2022)

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N2D3P9 is a mathematical function which was developed to help in designing the Sagittal microtonal music notation. Given a rational number \(\frac{n}{d}\) representing a pitch (relative to some tonic note), N2D3P9 estimates its rank in popularity among all rational pitches in musical use. A low value of N2D3P9 indicates that the ratio is used often, and so should have a simple accidental symbol, while a high value indicates that the ratio is used rarely and so can have a more complex symbol if necessary. It may also be useful in designing rational scales or tunings.

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References

  1. Secor, G.D., Keenan, D.C.: Sagittal: A Microtonal Notation System. Xenharmonikôn, vol. 18 (2006). https://sagittal.org/sagittal.pdf. Accessed Mar 2022

  2. The Huygens-Fokker Foundation’s scale archive. https://www.huygens-fokker.org/microtonality/scales.html. Accessed Mar 2022

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  1. Brisbane, Australia

    Dave Keenan

  2. San Francisco, USA

    Douglas Blumeyer

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  1. Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Mariana Montiel

  2. Technological University of the Mixteca, Huajuapan de León, Mexico

    Octavio A. Agustín-Aquino

  3. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    Francisco Gómez

  4. Life University, Marietta, GA, USA

    Jeremy Kastine

  5. National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

    Emilio Lluis-Puebla

  6. Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Brent Milam

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Keenan, D., Blumeyer, D. (2022). N2D3P9. In: Montiel, M., Agustín-Aquino, O.A., Gómez, F., Kastine, J., Lluis-Puebla, E., Milam, B. (eds) Mathematics and Computation in Music. MCM 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 13267. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07015-0_26

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