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Why music works

What physics and mathematics sit underneath notes, scales and tuning?

8 videos, about 1 h 20 min. Watch in order, or jump to a timestamp.

  1. 1

    6 min

    Bernstein, The greatest 5 min. in music education

  2. 2

    5 min

    Why Don't All Instruments Sound The Same?

  3. 3

    6 min

    Why Are There Only 12 Notes?

  4. 4

    18 min

    How Pythagoras Broke Music (and how we kind of fixed it)

  5. 5

    6 min

    The math behind the circle of fifths

  6. 6

    17 min

    A Bach prelude in three different temperaments.

  7. 7

    10 min

    Benedetti's Puzzle (mathematically impossible music)

  8. 8

    13 min

    Music And Measure Theory