Brevis Summula Proportionum Quantum Ad Musicam Pertinet ; And, Parvus Tractatulus de Modo Monacordum Dividendi

Brevis Summula Proportionum Quantum Ad Musicam Pertinet ; And, Parvus Tractatulus de Modo Monacordum Dividendi
ISBN-10
0803236778
ISBN-13
9780803236776
Category
Music
Pages
196
Language
English
Published
1987-01-01
Publisher
U of Nebraska Press
Author
Prosdocimus

Description

The Brief Treatise on Ratios That Pertain to Music (1409) is a concise summary of the traditional doctrine of ratios. In A Little Treatise on the Method of Dividing the Monochord (1413) Prosdocimo established, for the first time in Italy, a completeøPythagorean monochord, dividing the octave into seven natural notes, five flats, and five sharps not enharmonically equivalent to the flats.

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