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Name: Musical Intervals, Frequency, and Ratio
ID: m11808
Language: English (en)
Summary: For high school and above, a discussion of the relationship of musical intervals and frequency ratios, with examples and exercises.
Subject: Arts
Keywords: fractions, frequency, harmonic series, interval, pitch, ratio
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 1.0)
Authors: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Copyright Holders: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Maintainers: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Version: 1.2 (history)
Created: Jan 30, 2004 10:56 am US/Central
Revised: Dec 21, 2005 9:44 am US/Central

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Version: 1.2 Dec 21, 2005 9:44 am US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
Corrected an error in example five
Version: 1.1 Jan 30, 2004 11:54 am US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
Breaking up "Music and Math" into smaller modules

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