The Euclidean Algorithm Generates Traditional Musical Rhythms

Papers We Love PDX Our next paper is "The Euclidean Algorithm Generates Traditional Musical Rhythms" by Godfried Toussaint. *The Euclidean algorithm (which comes down to us from Euclid’s Elements) computes the greatest common divisor of two given integers. It is shown here that the structure of the Euclidean algorithm may be used to generate, very efficiently, a large family of rhythms used as timelines (ostinatos), in sub-Saharan African music in particular, and world music in general. These r