m nhc c phn loi bng ton hc

Mi quan h gia m nhc v ton hc ht hn k nguyn cc nh thng thi. Pythagore khm ph cch y hn 2000 nm rng
nhng khong m nhc du dng c th c lin h vi nhng phn s n gin.
Ngy nay, Clifton Callender ca trng i hc bang Florida, Ian Quinn ca Yale v Dmitri Tymoczko ca Princeton, ba gio s m
nhc gii thiu mt phng thc mi phn tch v phn loi m nhc da vo ton hc. B ba a ra mt phng php gi l
l thuyt hnh hc ca m nhc v l thuyt ny nhm li thnh tng h cc chui nt nhc. H pht trin mt phng php
ni cc h ny vi cc cu trc ton hc c hnh thnh t cc im trong khng gian hnh hc phc.

Cch to mt chui nt nhc

Nhng cch khc nhau phn loi m nhc to thnh nhng khng gian hnh hc khc nhau v phn nh nhng cch thc khc
nhau m cc nh son nhc hiu v m nhc xuyn sut cc th k. Phng php ny cho php, h hi vng, cc nh nghin cu
mt s phn tch v hiu bit m nhc su sc hn. Cng vic ca h m ra mt im khi u quan trng trong s nh lng m
nhc, theo Rachel Wells Hall ca khoa ton hc v khoa hc my tnh thuc trng i hc St Joseph Philadelphie. B cn thm vo
rng s tin trin ny l rt ng c lu bng mt ph ln cc ng dng m nhc v tnh c chiu su ni dung ton hc ca n.
Phng php ny ha hn cung cp nhng cng c mnh cho s nhn thc ho m nhc bng cch cho php nhng d n mi ni bt
ln.Chng ta c th to ra nhng loi dng c m nhc mi, nhng chi mi, nhng phng tin mi lm cho thy r hn m
nhc, nhng ho hp m nhc mi hay nhng phng tin hc nhc mi v nhng h qu thit thc khc c th theo ui, Tymoczko
khng nh. S ng nht ca ng l c th quan st cu trc cht ch ni cc khi nim m nhc khc nhau.
Phng php ca chng ti khng phi l cc nh nhn bit Aerosmith ca Rolling Stones nhng chng cho php nhn thy r
hn nhng khc nhau gia John Lennon v Paul McCartney. V cc bn c th thy ci g gn kt nhc rock c in v ci g phn
bit m nhc phi ging iu, Tymoczko kt lun.

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