In Pythagoras' harmony of the spheres, celestial bodies follow mathematical proportions that correspond to musical intervals.

The ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras proposed a mathematical argument for what music sounds best to the ear: According to legend, he said listeners preferred music with chords adhering to perfect ...

Ancient musical wisdom was that music was pleasing to the ear because of the 'right' frequencies and vibrations. But researchers from the University of Melbourne's School of Psychological Sciences ...

You might think that, with the triumph of digital technology, the era of the lone instrument inventor would be well and truly over. Not so. Tucked away in workshops and studios round the world there's ...

His 6th-century-BCE experiments of plucking stretched strings of different lengths reportedly led him to stumble upon the harmonious connection between frequencies and their ratios. Certain simple ...

The task Ferguson (Tycho & Kepler) takes on is formidable: to describe not only the ancient Greek mathematician and mystic Pythagoras, but also the entire sweep of the Pythagorean legacy, from his ...

From pre-historic times to the present day, music has been constantly developing. From Pythagoras’ scale to the invention of the Walkman, BBC Culture chooses eight moments that changed the course of ...