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Extended Counterpoint Symmetries and Continuous Counterpoint

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A counterpoint theory for the whole continuum of the octave is obtained from Mazzola’s model via extended counterpoint symmetries, and some of its properties are discussed.

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    By the way, this happens only with the self-complementary function itself.

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Agustín-Aquino, O.A. (2017). Extended Counterpoint Symmetries and Continuous Counterpoint . In: Pareyon, G., Pina-Romero, S., Agustín-Aquino, O., Lluis-Puebla, E. (eds) The Musical-Mathematical Mind. Computational Music Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47337-6_1

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