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The "Benfordness" of Bach.

Authors :
Bantange, Chadrack
Burgett, Darby
Haws, Luke
Nelson, Sybil Prince
Source :
Journal of Humanistic Mathematics; Jul2023, Vol. 13 Issue 2, p389-397, 9p
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

In this paper we analyze the distribution of musical note frequencies in Hertz to see whether they follow the logarithmic Benford distribution. Our results show that the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and Johann Christian Bach is Benford distributed while the computer-generated music is not. We also find that computer-generated music is statistically less Benford distributed than humancomposed music. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects

Subjects :
BENFORD'S law (Statistics)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
21598118
Volume :
13
Issue :
2
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Journal of Humanistic Mathematics
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
171379531
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.5642/jhummath.SGFV8169