If you are mathematically literate but a beginner in music most texts on music won't tell you the simple stuff in here. And most music students can't tell you w

If you are mathematically literate but a beginner in music most texts on music won't tell you the simple stuff in here. And most music students can't tell you what an octave means (i.e. frequency doubles) besides something wooly like "(a C an octave up from another C) is the same note but a different pitch". This text is what it claims to be: music theory for nerds (just not necessarily music nerds!)