What role did Pythagoras play in shaping and developing western music?

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What role did Pythagoras play in shaping and developing western music?

2006-11-09 06:55:05 · 2 answers · asked by silva_passion 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History

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Didn't you ever watch Donald Duck in Math-a-Magic land? Pythagoras opened the idea of octaves using a plucked string (like a lyre).

2006-11-09 06:58:31 · answer #1 · answered by Wanderer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Pythagoric schools taught music among other things. Once i read that they were able to distinguish 1/64 variation of a note. Which means they were very tuned among other things.
This study of music lead to the music scale which we use today.

2006-11-09 07:06:23 · answer #2 · answered by sofista 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋