Set theory (music)

Set theory - branch of music theory that categorizes musical objects and describes their relationships by using sets and permutations of pitches and pitch classes, rhythmic onsets, beat classes, etc.. Article “Set theory (music)” in English Wikipedia has 43.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 26 references and 10 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 4.87 points.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Set theory (music)”, its content was written by 82 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 107 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 135 times in English Wikipedia and cited 226 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #11761 in January 2005
• Global: #37371 in January 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #158816 in April 2008
• Global: #250623 in April 2008

There are 5 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Set theory (music)		43.8343
2	Japanese (ja) ピッチクラス・セット理論		19.2668
3	Spanish (es) Teoría de conjuntos (música)		11.6478
4	Estonian (et) Muusikaline hulgateooria		1.8038
5	Dutch (nl) Muzikale verzamelingenleer		1.7592

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Set theory (music)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Set theory (music)		665 713
2	Japanese (ja) ピッチクラス・セット理論		31 603
3	Spanish (es) Teoría de conjuntos (música)		10 235
4	Estonian (et) Muusikaline hulgateooria		661
5	Dutch (nl) Muzikale verzamelingenleer		130

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Set theory (music)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Set theory (music)		2 829
2	Japanese (ja) ピッチクラス・セット理論		162
3	Spanish (es) Teoría de conjuntos (música)		59
4	Estonian (et) Muusikaline hulgateooria		14
5	Dutch (nl) Muzikale verzamelingenleer		6

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Set theory (music)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Set theory (music)		82
2	Japanese (ja) ピッチクラス・セット理論		14
3	Spanish (es) Teoría de conjuntos (música)		7
4	Estonian (et) Muusikaline hulgateooria		2
5	Dutch (nl) Muzikale verzamelingenleer		2

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Set theory (music)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Set theory (music)		0
2	Spanish (es) Teoría de conjuntos (música)		0
3	Estonian (et) Muusikaline hulgateooria		0
4	Japanese (ja) ピッチクラス・セット理論		0
5	Dutch (nl) Muzikale verzamelingenleer		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Set theory (music)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Set theory (music)		135
2	Japanese (ja) ピッチクラス・セット理論		81
3	Estonian (et) Muusikaline hulgateooria		9
4	Spanish (es) Teoría de conjuntos (música)		1
5	Dutch (nl) Muzikale verzamelingenleer		0

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#	Language	Value
en	English Set theory (music)
es	Spanish Teoría de conjuntos (música)
et	Estonian Muusikaline hulgateooria
ja	Japanese ピッチクラス・セット理論
nl	Dutch Muzikale verzamelingenleer

Best Rank

English: #158816 04.2008

Global: #250623 04.2008

Best Rank

English: #11761 01.2005

Global: #37371 01.2004

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