Alan Shepherd obtained a degree in electrical engineering and electronics from Brunel University, UK and has had a successful career as a computer programmer and IT management and governance professional. In retirement he has returned to one of his spare time interests, the music of J.S. Bach, to bring his technological and scientific knowledge to the exploration of numbers in music.

• Foreword.- Preface.- Introduction.- An Information Theory Approach.- Some Possible Codings in Music.- Ambiguity in Decoding.- Multiple Words and Partitioning.- Score Analysis.- Statistical Methods.- Exploring Proportions.- Applying the Methods to the Well Tempered Clavier Book 1 BWV 846 - 869.- Consolidated Observations.- Magic Squares.- Psychological Fallacies.- Bach, Science Technology.- Conclusion.- Appendices.- Index.

Alan Shepherd obtained a degree in electrical engineering and electronics from Brunel University, UK and has had a successful career as a computer programmer and IT management and governance professional. In retirement he has returned to one of his spare time interests, the music of J.S. Bach, to bring his technological and scientific knowledge to the exploration of numbers in music.

• Foreword.- Preface.- Introduction.- An Information Theory Approach.- Some Possible Codings in Music.- Ambiguity in Decoding.- Multiple Words and Partitioning.- Score Analysis.- Statistical Methods.- Exploring Proportions.- Applying the Methods to the Well Tempered Clavier Book 1 BWV 846 - 869.- Consolidated Observations.- Magic Squares.- Psychological Fallacies.- Bach, Science Technology.- Conclusion.- Appendices.- Index.

Alan Shepherd obtained a degree in electrical engineering and electronics from Brunel University, UK and has had a successful career as a computer programmer and IT management and governance professional. In retirement he has returned to one of his spare time interests, the music of J.S. Bach, to bring his technological and scientific knowledge to the exploration of numbers in music.

• Foreword.- Preface.- Introduction.- An Information Theory Approach.- Some Possible Codings in Music.- Ambiguity in Decoding.- Multiple Words and Partitioning.- Score Analysis.- Statistical Methods.- Exploring Proportions.- Applying the Methods to the Well Tempered Clavier Book 1 BWV 846 - 869.- Consolidated Observations.- Magic Squares.- Psychological Fallacies.- Bach, Science Technology.- Conclusion.- Appendices.- Index.