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Using the Sumerian sexagesimal system, and assigning to the “children of Anu” specific tones according to their ratios, we get the following series (see McClain[1]: p. 197):
30 60 60 30 C e♭ e f f♯ G A b♭ b c c♯ d
“Waxing” 360 384 400 432 450 480 540 576 600 648 675 720“Waning” 720 675 648 600 576 540 480 450 432 400 384 360
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- ↑ Ernest G. McClain, The Myth of Invariance: The Origin of the Gods, Mathematics and Music from the Rg Veda to Plato (Maine: 1976), p. 197.
