Pythagoras and scales

[Jason Kanter]

Pythagoras evaluated students based on the quality of their laughter. Can't
remember where I read this, but the story went that he would not accept
someone to the inner circle if he didn't like their laugh.

So remember to keep your sense of humor.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan R. Barnard" <mathstar@salemnet.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: Pythagoras and scales


> If Pythagoras was a vegetarian, did he only eat plants with square roots?
>
> And what, if anything, would his fanatical eating habits have to do with
> music or math?
>
> Alan Barnard
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp@yahoo.com>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 2:57 PM
> Subject: Re: Pythagoras and scales
>
>
> > 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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