Understanding the concepts of isometric basis and musical isomorphism

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This discussion focuses on the concepts of isometric basis and musical isomorphism within the context of vector spaces, specifically in R^3. The user successfully identified the dual basis for the vectors v_1 = (1,0,0), v_2 = (1,1,0), and v_3 = (0,1,1) as (v_1)^* = (1,-1,1), (v_2)^* = (0,1,-1), and (v_3)^* = (0,0,1). The discussion seeks to clarify the definition of isometric basis and musical isomorphism, which are essential for understanding the relationship between a vector space E and its dual space E*.

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I want to find the isometric basis corresponding to the musical isomorphism between the vector space E = ##R^3## and its dual space ##E^* = (R^3)^*) ## .
Im very new to the terminologies of isometric basis and musical isomorphism, will appreciate a lot if someone could explain this for me in a simple way for a guy with limited experience in this field.

The concrete problem I want to figure out is this:
Given:
Let ##v_1 = (1,0,0) , v_2 = (1,1,0), v_3 = (0,1,1)## be a basis in the vector space ##E = R^3##

problem:
Find a dual basis to ##{v_1,v_2,v_3} ## in ##E^*## = ##(R^3)^*## and the isometric basis corresponding to the musical isomorphism between E and E*.

I have found the dual basis: I did this by using the property ##(v^*)^i(v_j) = \delta_{ij}##, where ##(v^*)^i## is the ith covector in the dual basis.
I represent the dual basis as a linear combination of the orthonormal basis in ##(R^3)^*##, the dual basis is then
##(v_1)^* = (1,-1,1)##, ##(v_2)^* = (0,1,-1)## and ##(v_3)^* = (0,0,1) ##

now, to my question : how is the isometric basis corresponding to the musical isomorphism between E and ##E^*## defined ?
and even more basic : what do we mean be an isometric basis, and what do we mean by a musical isomorphism, you can as well try to explain what an isomorphism is first, in simple words ;)
 
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What is a musical isomorphism?
 
fresh_42 said:
What is a musical isomorphism?
Perhaps it's a "cannonical" isomorphism, seeing as a "cannon" is a musical form.
 
fresh_42 said:
What is a musical isomorphism?
What the physicists call the rising and lowering indices. The two maps are often denoted by the sharp and flat symbols.
 

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