Set theory (music)
= Set theory (music)
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Set theory in music is a method of analyzing and categorizing musical pitches and chords based on mathematical set theory. It is particularly associated with 20th-century music and the works of composers like Arnold Schoenberg, Milton Babbitt, and others who explored atonal and twelve-tone techniques. In this context, musical "sets" are collections of pitches or intervals that are treated as objects for analysis.