Scales

Multimedia · Fri Apr 27 00:00:00 EDT 2007

OSTI ID:987708

Gibson, Murray

Musical scales involve notes that, sounded simultaneously (chords), sound good together. The result is the left brain meeting the right brain — a Pythagorean interval of overlapping notes. This synergy would suggest less difference between the working of the right brain and the left brain than common wisdom would dictate. The pleasing sound of harmony comes when two notes share a common harmonic, meaning that their frequencies are in simple integer ratios, such as 3/2 (G/C) or 5/4 (E/C).

• OSTI ID: 987708
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY
MUSICAL SCALES
SIMPLE INTEGER RATIOS
FREQUENCIES
HARMONICS