Omitted Text - 5. Music, Temperament, and Social Concord

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The Creation of Order »  Query: 5. Music, Temperament, and Social Concord

Omitted Text

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a. The sequence of overtones: 2:1, 3:2, 4:3, 5:4… versus circle of fifths.

The tones can be generated mainly from the first six numbers: 6:5:4:3:2:1.

The following text originally was in this location in the chapter body right before Table 5.1. Can you help us expand what was meant here in a way that flows with the chapter body? The text that was here was:

a. The sequence of overtones: 2:1, 3:2, 4:3, 5:4… versus circle of fifths.

The tones can be generated mainly from the first six numbers: 6:5:4:3:2:1.

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