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MusMat • Brazilian Journal of Music and Mathematics

MusMat Journal Vol. V, No. 1 is released!

The MusMat Research Group is very pleased to announce the release of the first number of the fifth volume of MusMat • Brazilian Journal of Music and Mathematics. This issue comprises seven exciting papers, that present the results of original and innovative research in the field. The number opens with a work by Robert Peck, where he applies the Power Group Enumeration Theorem to extend the theory of beat-class sets by also considering rhythms with more than one voice. Next, Gideon Effiong shows how quasigroups can be used as a unifying framework to describe musical objects and events, such as chord inversions, n-tone composition charts, and melodic motions. Ciro Visconti then discusses how graph theory can be used to describe all classes of trichords and tetrachords in Neo-Riemannian theory, expanding beyond triads and seventh chords. Francisco Aragão presents an application of Kripke Semantics to identify if a sequence of chords constitutes or not a tonal progression, which can be used to create a software to benefit students that do not have easy access to a harmony teacher. Subsequently, Juan Sebastián Arias-Valero and Emilio Lluis-Puebla develop deep relations and philosophical reflections between Gesture Theory and Category Theory. Next, Silvio Ferraz describes a series of patches in Max/MSP environment tailored to aid musical analysis and composition and exemplifies it with the composition of a piece based on Brahms Op. 119. The issue closes with Daniel Moreira introducing the concept of compositional entropy, which deals with the amount of freedom of a composer when dealing with compositional choices, and such a concept is demonstrated in musical texture.

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MusMat Research Group releases the Vol. IV, No. 2 of MusMat Journal!

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We are glad to announce the release of the second number of the fourth volume of MusMat – Brazilian Journal of Music and Mathematics. Six original articles integrate this number.Marco Feitosa introduces the concept of Partitional Harmony, an original field of research that relates the Theory of Integer Partitions to several fields of Post-Tonal Theory. Robert Morris provides an in-depth analysis of Feldman's Last Pieces for piano solo, bringing to light information that can help the pianists perform the cancelling effect requested by the composer. Gabriel Pareyon combines Matthai philosophy with Category Theory, using Yoneda lemma, suggesting that the latter can support a robust philosophy of music within the scope of Category Theory.Robert Peck investigates the inversion operation, in terms of cycles, and its application to a dramaturgical context, through the examination of the Aristotelian concept of peripeteia, as observable in Birtwistle's opera Punch and Judy. Paulo de Tarso Salles explores Forte's Genera Theory (as well as other proposals that deal with similarities between pitch-class sets) and demonstrates the application of this theory in some works by Villa-Lobos. Pauxy Gentil-Nunes discusses the Partitioning Complexes and their application in musical practice by examining three situations: textural planning in the context of compositional processes, observation of the relationship between textural configurations and coupling of the body (Performative Partitioning), and Spatial Partitioning.

The Vol. IV, No. 1 of MusMat Journal was released!

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It is with great satisfaction that the MusMat Group announces the release of the first number of the fourth volume of MusMat – Brazilian Journal of Music and Mathematics. Five very interesting articles integrate this number, covering diversified aspects from the rich confluence of musical and mathematical subjects. A study by Scott Murphy opens the issue, presenting an original approach of commmontime meter, based on the properties of the correlate functions of metric weight and onset frequency. Jean-Pierre Briot examines deep-learning theory and techniques under the standpoint of autoencoder architectures, used for enhancing the compression of information for musical composition. Liduino Pitombeira presents a quite comprehensive survey concerning compositional systems, including the processes related to systemic modeling. Arthur Kampela discusses profoundly the processes associated with the Micro-Metric Modulation theory. Marianthi Bozabalidou addresses the theory of general scale systems through the prisms of algebraic groups, which involves the ideas of counterpoint groups and counterpoint spaces.

Vol. III, No. 2 was released!

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The second number of third volume of MusMat: Brazilian Journal of Music and Mathematics is officially released. This editions comprises papers from David Clampitt , Hugo Tremonte de Carvalho , Stephen Paul Guerra , Carlos de Lemos Almada , and Adolfo Maia Jr. and Igor L. Maia . Submissions will be accepted for the first number of fourth volume by May 30, 2020. Since the submission of papers is continuous throughout the year, those sent and approved beyond this date will be considered for subsequent issues.