21 Jul 2019
The ancient system of Pythagorean tuning is based on the interval of a perfect fifth.
My other videos on tuning systems:
Equal temperament • What is equal temperament?
Pythagorean comma • 🎵 The PYTHAGOREAN COMMA
The overtone series • The overtone series
My other videos on music theory:
Circle of fifths • Circle of fifths
Consonance and dissonance • Major and minor scales
Intervals • Musical intervals – major, minor, perfect…
Major and minor chords • Consonance and dissonance in music
Extended chords • Extended chords: Going beyond the basic tr…
Added tone chords • Added tone chords
The Devil in music (the tritone) • The Devil in music
Musical modes: What are they? • Musical modes: What are they?
Making music with modes • Making music with modes
My other videos on music:
The Harmony of the Spheres • The Harmony of the Spheres
Music and the Muse • Music and the Muse
Elgar’s Enigmas • Elgar’s Enigmas: the Mysteries of a Composer
Holst and The Planets • Gustav Holst and The Planets
Einstein and His Music • Einstein and His Music Did
Did the Beatles Play Out of Tune? • Did The Beatles play out of tune?
My website: https://www.daviddarling.info
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Premiered on 24 Apr 2022 #Philosophy #Pythagoras #Pythagoreanism
In this episode, we explore the life and movement of Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans, and discover that the common image of him as an ancient mathematician isn’t entirely supported by the evidence.
Sources/Suggested Reading:
Huffman, Carl A. (2008). “Philolaus of Croton: A Commentary on the Fragments and Testimonia with Interprative Essays”. Cambridge University Press.
Huffman, Carl A. (ed.) (2017). “A History of Pythagoreanism”. Cambridge University Press.
Kirk, G.S., J.E. Raven & M. Schofield (1983). “The Presocratic Philosophers”. Second Edition. Cambridge University Press.
Zhmud, Leonid (2012). “Pythagoras and the Early Pythagoreans”. Translated by Kevin Windle & Rosh Ireland. OUP Oxford.
#Pythagoras #Pythagoreanism #Philosophy
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