Spelling of Term - 5. Music, Temperament, and Social Concord
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To reduce all this to basic principles of length (and hence pitch), only a single string could be used—one which did not vary in thickness or tautness. It was divided by a movable bridge, which was moved back and forth along a canon—a ruled scale extending the length of the string.
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