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The Continued-Fraction Suite: The Rhythm of Numbers

Original music by Teddy Rook, built from the rhythms of numbers. Play pi as a beat and you get gaps of 7, with an 8 about every sixteenth gap and a rare short phrase after 292. Those repeat counts come from pi's continued fraction, and here they become bars, phrases and sections of a piece.

▶ The Continued-Fraction Suite: The Rhythm of Numbers Original music by Teddy Rook, built from the rhythms of numbers. Play pi as a beat and you get gaps of 7, with an 8 about every sixteenth gap and a rare short phrase after 292. Those repeat counts come from pi's continued fraction, and here they become bars, phrases and sections of a piece.

Free score and piano lessons

The full score of all six movements, free to download and print, and a piano lesson for each movement: what is on the page, how its number shapes the music, a practice plan, a play-along for the left-hand accents, and ideas for families.

The piano lessons →⬇ Download the PDF (16 pages, 1.7 MB)

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Texts, tools and credits
  • Music and engraving: Teddy Rook. The score was engraved with LilyPond.
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