Entropy-based tuning of musical instruments

The human sense of hearing perceives a combination of sounds 'in tune' if the corresponding harmonic spectra are correlated, meaning that the neuronal excitation pattern in the inner ear exhibits some kind of order. Based on this observation it is suggested that musical instruments such as...

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Main Author: Haye Hinrichsen
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Física 2012-06-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ensino de Física
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-11172012000200004&tlng=en