background reading

Holy smoke! I did a search on Dowland tuning and I'm delighted to
have found this group. I'm double-majoring in applied math and
instrumental jazz, and I'm always looking for ways to put math and
music together. A fair amount of the discussion here is still a
little over my head, though-- is there any background reading someone
could suggest to get me up to speed?

Thanks!
mfeustl
Toledo, OH

--- In tuning-math@y..., "mfeustl" <mfeustl@y...> wrote:

A fair amount of the discussion here is still a
> little over my head, though-- is there any background reading someone
> could suggest to get me up to speed?

Some course work would be good. How are you on

(1) Linear and multilinear algebra

(2) Elementary number theory

(3) Abstract algebra

Any of these would be good to bone up on. Are you at the University of Toledo? I taught there a few years.

> From: mfeustl <mfeustl@yahoo.com>
> To: <tuning-math@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 9:55 AM
> Subject: [tuning-math] background reading
>
>
> Holy smoke! I did a search on Dowland tuning and I'm delighted to
> have found this group. I'm double-majoring in applied math and
> instrumental jazz, and I'm always looking for ways to put math and
> music together. A fair amount of the discussion here is still a
> little over my head, though-- is there any background reading someone
> could suggest to get me up to speed?

My online Dictionary of Tuning Terms should give you a lot to chew on.
http://www.ixpres.com/interval/dict/

And if you haven't already found it, I have a webpage devoted
entirely to an exploration of Dowland's tuning.
http://www.ixpres.com/interval/monzo/fngrbds/dowland/dowland.htm

I just gave a presentation on this in Italy four months ago.

-monz

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Hi--Looks like I'm pretty much in the right place at time with
coursework-- I'm taking abstract algebra this semester, and I'm in my
second semester of numerical methods/analysis. And yeah, I'm at UT.
Love it there. :)

--- In tuning-math@y..., "mfeustl" <mfeustl@y...> wrote:

> Hi--Looks like I'm pretty much in the right place at time with
> coursework-- I'm taking abstract algebra this semester, and I'm in my
> second semester of numerical methods/analysis. And yeah, I'm at UT.
> Love it there. :)

Go Rockets. :)

Who's your prof for abstract algebra?