Technical blog and project showcase by Ken Eldridge. Exploring music, data, and code.
Recent Posts
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Harmonic Orbit Space: A Song's Tonal Center of Gravity
How to map harmonic content to a moving point on the circle of fifths, and why being near the center does not mean dissonance
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Melody as a Log-Derivative: Why Songs Survive Key Changes
Why the logarithm is not just a mathematical convenience, but the ear's native pitch coordinate system -- and why that makes melody survive key changes
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Musical Consonance from Frequency Interactions
How musical consonance emerges from the interaction of harmonic spectra and auditory physiology