Pythagorean tuning
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title:
Pythagorean tuning
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Pythagorean tuning is a system of musical tuning in which the frequency ratios of all intervals are determined by choosing a sequence of fifths which are "pure" or perfect, with ratio 3 : 2. This is chosen because it is the next harmonic of a vibrating string, after the octave, and hence is the next most consonant "pure" interval, and the easiest to tune by ear. As Novalis put it, "The musical proportions seem to me to be particularly correct natural proportions." Alternatively, it can be descri
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Method of tuning a musical instrument
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_tuning
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2002-03-05T05:28:22Z
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2024-08-27T17:36:58Z
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