Musical Modes, Their Associated Chords and Their Musicality
arXiv:1201.2654v1
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This work addresses a theoretical problem in music theory for researchers and musicians, but it is incremental as it builds on existing concepts without broad practical impact.
The paper tackles the problem of mathematically defining musical modes and quantifying their musicality through a product of three factors, resulting in a classification of the most musical modes based on this definition.
In this paper we present a mathematical way of defining musical modes and we define the musicality of a mode as a product of three different factors. We conclude by classifying the modes which are most musical according to our definition.