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The '''Euclidean rhythm''' in music was discovered by Godfried Toussaint in 2004 and is described in a 2005 paper "The Euclidean Algorithm Generates Traditional Musical Rhythms".<ref name="gtpdf">[http://cgm.cs.mcgill.ca/~godfried/publications/banff.pdf The Euclidean algorithm generates traditional musical rhythms] by G. T. Toussaint, ''Proceedings of BRIDGES: Mathematical Connections in Art, Music, and Science'', Banff, Alberta, Canada, July 31 to August 3, 2005, pp. 47–56.</ref> The greatest common divisor of two numbers is used [[ |
The '''Euclidean rhythm''' in music was discovered by Godfried Toussaint in 2004 and is described in a 2005 paper "The Euclidean Algorithm Generates Traditional Musical Rhythms".<ref name="gtpdf">[http://cgm.cs.mcgill.ca/~godfried/publications/banff.pdf The Euclidean algorithm generates traditional musical rhythms] by G. T. Toussaint, ''Proceedings of BRIDGES: Mathematical Connections in Art, Music, and Science'', Banff, Alberta, Canada, July 31 to August 3, 2005, pp. 47–56.</ref> The greatest common divisor of two numbers is used [[rhythm]]ically giving the number of beats and silences, generating almost all of the most important World Music rhythms,<ref name="gtweb">[http://cgm.cs.mcgill.ca/~godfried/rhythm-and-mathematics.html Comparative Musicology – Musical Rhythm and Mathematics]</ref> (except Indian).<ref name="extv">The Euclidean Algorithm Generates Traditional Musical Rhythms, by Godfried Toussaint, [http://cgm.cs.mcgill.ca/~godfried/publications/banff-extended.pdf Extended version] of the paper that appeared in the ''Proceedings of BRIDGES: Mathematical Connections in Art, Music and Science’’, Banff, Alberta, Canada, July 31–August 3, 2005, pp. 47–56.</ref> The beats in the resulting rhythms are as equidistant as possible; the same results can be obtained from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bresenham%27s_line_algorithm Bresenham's line algorithm]. |
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== References == |
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* G. T. Toussaint, [http://cgm.cs.mcgill.ca/~godfried/publications/banff.pdf The Euclidean algorithm generates traditional musical rhythms], Proceedings of BRIDGES: Mathematical Connections in Art, Music, and Science, Banff, Alberta, Canada, July 31 to August 3, 2005, pp. |
* G. T. Toussaint, [http://cgm.cs.mcgill.ca/~godfried/publications/banff.pdf The Euclidean algorithm generates traditional musical rhythms], Proceedings of BRIDGES: Mathematical Connections in Art, Music, and Science, Banff, Alberta, Canada, July 31 to August 3, 2005, pp. 47–56. |
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131114124454/http://ruinwesen.com/blog?id=216 Generating African rhythms using the euclidean algorithm] by Ruin & Wesen |
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131114124454/http://ruinwesen.com/blog?id=216 Generating African rhythms using the euclidean algorithm] by Ruin & Wesen |
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* [http://plus.maths.org/content/os/issue40/features/wardhaugh/index Musical pitch and Euclid's algorithm] by Benjamin Wardhaugh |
* [http://plus.maths.org/content/os/issue40/features/wardhaugh/index Musical pitch and Euclid's algorithm] by Benjamin Wardhaugh |
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