Format:
1 online resource (291 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780511153822
Content:
This book examines Ptolemy's scientific procedures for investigating the structures underlying musical melody. By providing an analysis of Ptolemy's theoretical apparatus, his strategies for integrating theory with observation, and his instructions for the design and conduct of experiments, the book offers a starting point for studying ancient scientific method
Note:
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Reason and perception -- 3 Pitch and quantity -- 1 The constitution of the thing struck -- 2 The force exerted by the striker -- 3 The material constitution of the striker -- 3(a) The shape of the striker -- 3(b) The surface texture of the striker -- 3(c) The striker's density and thickness -- 4 The distance of the thing struck from the source of movement -- 4 The ratios of the concords: (1) the Pythagoreans -- 5 The ratios of the concords: (2) Ptolemy's hupotheseis -- (i) Equalities -- (ii) Simplicity -- (iii) Degrees of excellence -- 6 Critique of Aristoxenian principles and conclusions -- (i) Empty Aristoxenian spaces -- (ii) Defining intervals -- (iii) Ratios, intervals and lengths on a string -- 7 Ptolemy on the harmonic divisions of his predecessors -- APPENDIX -- 8 Melodic intervals: hupotheseis, 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 -- ABBREVIATIONS -- TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS -- WORKS BY MODERN AUTHORS -- Index of names -- Index of topics
Additional Edition:
Print version Barker, Andrew Scientific Method in Ptolemy's Harmonics Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,c2001 ISBN 9780521553728
Language:
English
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