Fundamentals of Music

Anne Vallayer-Coster, Attributes of Music, 1770. This still life painting depicts a variety of French Baroque musical instruments

Music has been around perhaps as long as man’s consciousness. However, it wasn't until Pythagoras (570–495) quantified the rules of music that the system enjoyed in the Western world was developed. Building on the foundation laid by Pythagoras, we have uncovered not only its intrinsic beauty but the mathematics that lies beneath it.

The Development of Scales