Scientific method in Ptolemy's Harmonics / Andrew Barker.
Pubblicazione:
Cambridge : Cambridge university press, 2000.
Descrizione fisica:
VIII, 281 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Preface. 1. Introduction 2. Reason and perception 3. Pitch and quantity 4. The ratios of the concords (1): the Pythagoreans 5. The ratios of the concords (2): Ptolemy's hupotheseis 6. Critique of Aristoxenian principles and conclusions 7. Ptolemy on the harmonic divisions of his predecessors 8. Melodic intervals: hypotheseis, derivations and adjustments 9. Larger systems: modulations in music and in method 10. The instruments 11. The tests 12. Harmonics in a wider perspective. Bibliography. Index of names. Index of topics
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