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DESCRIPTION:Jordan Barrett will talk to us about what makes a beat catchy:
 \n\nWhat makes a musical rhythm sound good? Thisfundamental question in mu
 sic theory can be modeled by discrete methods in mathematics. Consider a h
 it song with an underlying beat. This beat normally cycles in groups of 16
  short intervals\, and so we could represent this beat as a directed cycli
 c graphCwith 16 vertices\, and with a setSinV(C)consisting of all the “hit
 s” in the beat. In this talk we will explore 6 of the most popular rhythms
  in music history and determine which of these 6 dominates popular music. 
 This will lead to a graph theoretic interpretation of the fundamental ques
 tion: What makes a good rhythm good? We will see a connection between the 
 “catchiness” of a rhythm and the “evenness” of points on the corresponding
  cycle.\n\nSee you all there!\n\nAll graduate students are invited. As wit
 h all talks in the graduate student seminar\, this talk will be accessible
  to all graduate students in math and stats.This seminar was made possible
  by funding from the 91������ Mathematics and Statistics Department and PGSS
 .\n\n \n
DTSTART:20180921T170000Z
DTEND:20180921T180000Z
LOCATION:Room 1025 (Lounge)\, Burnside Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0B9\
 , 805 rue Sherbrooke Ouest
SUMMARY:Mathematics & Statistics Graduate Student Seminar 
URL:/mathstat/channels/event/mathematics-statistics-gr
 aduate-student-seminar-289730
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