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Musical Modes, Their Associated Chords and Their Musicality

2012/01/12 by Mihail Cocos, Cocos, Mihail, Kent Kidman +1
Computer Science · Mathematics · #Combinatorics (math.CO) #FOS: Computer and information sciences #FOS: Mathematics #Music Technology and Sound Studies #Music and Audio Processing #Sound (cs.SD) #cs.SD #math.CO

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1201.2654

arxiv created 2012/01/12 · openalex publication_date 2012/01/12 · arxiv updated 2012/01/13 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

In this paper we present a mathematical way of defining musical modes and we define the musicality of a mode as a product of three different factors. We conclude by classifying the modes which are most musical according to our definition.

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