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Music theory

a tuning system that derives all pitches from a chain of pure 3:2 fifths, giving pure fifths but wide thirds.

In music theory, Pythagorean tuning refers to a tuning system that derives all pitches from a chain of pure 3:2 fifths, giving pure fifths but wide thirds. This meaning comes from Barbour (1951) in Tuning and temperament.[1]

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References

Barbour, J. M. (1951). Tuning and temperament. Dover Publications, Incorporated. ISBN 9781306327886

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