The Well-Tempered Architecture

• Published in: IEEE software Vol. 24; no. 4; pp. 24 - 25
• Main Author: Booch, G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Alamitos IEEE 01.07.2007; IEEE Computer Society
• Subjects: Age; architectural pattern; Architecture; Blues music; Collaborative work; Comparative analysis; Computer architecture; Computer languages; Computer programs; Constraining; Design engineering; design pattern; Ear; Embedded system; Embedded systems; Handbooks; Music; Musicians & conductors; pattern; Pattern matching; Rhythm; Software; Software architecture; Software design; software pattern; Software systems; Studies; Writers

Virtually all well-structured music, music that pleases the ear and moves the spirit, is full of patterns. Music is a primal medium of expression, and while some musicians in every age push the envelope of contemporary practice, there have emerged over the centuries common patterns of song structure...