Ptolemy's Harmonics

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf ancient treatise
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:Harmonika
Harmonics
gptkbp:author gptkb:Claudius_Ptolemy
gptkbp:citation earlier Greek theorists
gptkbp:dateWritten 2nd century CE
gptkbp:explores empirical and theoretical approaches to music
relationship between mathematics and music
gptkbp:focusesOn mathematical ratios in music
musical scales
tuning systems
consonance and dissonance
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ptolemy's Harmonics
gptkbp:influenced medieval music theory
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Euclid
gptkb:Pythagoras
gptkb:Aristoxenus
gptkbp:numberOfBooks three
gptkbp:originalLanguage gptkb:Greek
gptkbp:preservedIn manuscripts
gptkbp:structure three books
gptkbp:subject gptkb:mathematics
gptkb:music
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Latin
English
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Claudius_Ptolemaeus
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7