The nature of fractal music

A Physicist’s view on Chopin’s Études

“…However, apart from the application of mathematical models and algorithms in the production of music (an example is fractal music, see Ref. [3]), such studies seem to have little impact on the musical praxis. In particular, for what concerns Classical Music, it exists a consolidated tradition for musical performance which apparently takes no advantage in the knowledge of the mathematical structure underlying music.…”