Pythagoras and scales

[gordon stelter]

I've read it several places, as have you, and can
unfortunately not say more than that. But if I bump
into him sometime, I'll ask him to email you.
--- Richard Moody <remoody@midstatesd.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> > Pythagoras was a strict vegetarian. He truly
> despised
> > carnivores and formulated the scale which we all
> use
> > in pianos ( and most Western music ) today.
> >     Gordon Lee Stelter
> 
> Where did you read this? (That he formulated the
> scale which we
> all use in pianos.) I am researching how Pythagoras
> actually
> discovered the Pythagorean Comma.  I am having a
> hard time coming
> up with his original writings, mainly because nobody
> else has.  I
> am most interested if he actually used a monochord
> as many writers
> claim  and if his use of the monochord lead to the
> establishment
> of the diatonic scale or simply recognized it as a
> possibility out
> of others.  ---ricm
> 
> 


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