67. Pitch: The Evolution Of a Scale -or- Why the Greeks Nearly Got it Right

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67. Pitch: The Evolution Of a Scale -or- Why the Greeks Nearly Got it Right
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Pythagoros was a polymath: He dabbled in so many subjects including the mathmatics behind the musical scale. Today’s scale is not that far off from what he proposed 2,500 years ago. His passion for harmony within the universe was a gift and a curse. At least he started things in the right direction. He just needed to let go of the notion that only rational numbers can work in the world. More in the Show Notes at accelerandocast.com