- and has been
attributed to the
Pythagorean philosopher Philolaus. The
system has been
called "the
first coherent system in
which celestial bodies move...
- numerology. In the
Pythagorean method (which uses a kind of place-value for number-letter attributions, as does the
ancient Hebrew and Gr****
systems), the letters...
-
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...
-
Pythagoreanism originated in the 6th
century BC,
based on and
around the
teachings and
beliefs held by
Pythagoras and his followers, the
Pythagoreans...
- are
Pythagorean intervals. All the
intervals between the
notes of a
scale are
Pythagorean if they are
tuned using the
Pythagorean tuning system. However...
- A
Pythagorean triple consists of
three positive integers a, b, and c, such that a2 + b2 = c2. Such a
triple is
commonly written (a, b, c), a well-known...
- theorist. The
primary genera they
examine are
those of
Pythagoras and the
Pythagorean school, Archytas, Aristoxenos, and
Ptolemy (including his
versions of...
- "3-limit"
because it uses no
prime factors other than 2 and 3, this
Pythagorean system was of
primary importance in
Western musical development in the Medieval...
-
third that
appears commonly in the [
Pythagorean]
system (C–E, D–F♯, etc.) is more
properly known as the
Pythagorean ditone and
consists of two
major and...
-
Pythagorean comma (531441:524288) on C In
musical tuning, the
Pythagorean comma (or
ditonic comma),
named after the
ancient mathematician and philosopher...
