Pythagorean tuning

GPTKB entity

Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf musical tuning system
gptkbp:basedOn pure perfect fifths
gptkbp:category gptkb:music
history of music
musical tuning
gptkbp:contrastsWith equal temperament
just intonation
gptkbp:deemphasizes pure thirds
gptkbp:emphasizes perfect fifths
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Middle_Ages
gptkb:Renaissance
Ancient Greece
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pythagorean tuning
gptkbp:intervalRatio 2187:2048 (chromatic semitone)
256:243 (diatonic semitone)
3:2 (perfect fifth)
4:3 (perfect fourth)
531441:524288 (Pythagorean comma)
9:8 (whole tone)
gptkbp:limitation impure major thirds
wolf fifth
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Pythagoras
gptkbp:usedFor early polyphony
monophonic music
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:choral_music
Renaissance music
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Pythagoras
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5