A Piece of the Pi: mathematics explained

A Piece of the Pi: mathematics explained

The geometry of musical keys

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Richard Green
May 21, 2025
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The Tonnetz (German for “tone network”) is a diagram representing musical tonal space, in which each vertex represents a musical note, and each small triangle represents a major or minor key. For example, C minor is represented by the highlighted triangle above, which links the notes C, E♭, and G into a C minor triad. Each edge between adjacent vertices…

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