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Music can be regarded as a function of time, and we can express transformations of music as related functions. Host Eugenia Cheng demonstrates how she used transformations to create her own “musical machine.”
Music can be regarded as a function of time, and we can express transformations of music as related functions. Host Eugenia Cheng demonstrates how she used transformations to create her own “musical machine.”
![Musical Machines [Math in Music Ep. 7]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/isusqSNFoVc/mqdefault.jpg "Musical Machines [Math in Music Ep. 7]
Music can be regarded as a function of time, and we can express transformations of music as related functions. Host Eugenia Cheng demonstrates how she used transformations to create her own “musical machine.”")
![Feeling the Commutativity of Multiplication [Math in Music Ep. 1]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lYLhYDFIat0/mqdefault.jpg "Feeling the Commutativity of Multiplication [Math in Music Ep. 1]
2x3=3x2. Not exactly a groundbreaking mathematical discovery, but did you know composers like Bernstein, Dvořák, Bach, and Debussy used it in their music? In the first episode of WFMTs new digital series, Dr. Eugenia Cheng demonstrates how these composers used this mathematic principle to evoke feelings in their music.
Watch the whole series: https://www.wfmt.com/math-in-music/")
