IDENTIFICATION OF NOTES AND STRUCTURES IN MUSIC THROUGH FOURIER TRANSFORMS

Author

• Andy Romero

Date of Award

2021

Document Type

Dissertation/Thesis

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Fily, Yaouen

Abstract

Can we use the mathematical rules that govern waves to characterize notes and chords from a sound sample? For this project I designed a python program that uses Fourier transforms, a mathematical technique to extract the frequencies that make up a sound wave, to do just that. I will describe the method and explain how this can be used to identify musical structures in a piece of music.

Comments

Thesis (B.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, 2021

Recommended Citation

Romero, Andy, "IDENTIFICATION OF NOTES AND STRUCTURES IN MUSIC THROUGH FOURIER TRANSFORMS" (2021). Harriet L Wilkes Honors College Theses 2020 - Present. 96.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_honors/96

Extent

50 p.

Identifier

FAUHT00174