Ptolemy's Diatonic Syntonon

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Degrees: 7 • Period: 1200.00 cents • Source: Murray

Diatonic - Claudius Ptolemy

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Ancient Greek Tuning System Author: Claudius Ptolemy Period: Ancient Greece (c. 100-170 CE) Genus: Diatonic Reference: Table 20, murray_text_02_greek.md The 'tightly stretched' (syntonic) tuning - what we know as just intonation. Most influential Greek tuning for modern music theory. Constructed in terms of the harmonic series with major tone (9/8) above minor tone (10/9). Octave span: E to E Tetrachord structure: Two tetrachords with disjunctive tone B-A (9/8)

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Degrees (now extended to 2 octaves)

#	Raw	Type	Ratio	Cents
2	16/15	ratio	16/15	112.00
3	9/8	ratio	9/8	316.00
4	10/9	ratio	10/9	498.00
5	9/8	ratio	9/8	702.00
6	16/15	ratio	16/15	814.00
7	9/8	ratio	9/8	1018.00
8	10/9	ratio	10/9	1200.00
8		2nd octave		1312.00
9		2nd octave		1516.00
10		2nd octave		1698.00
11		2nd octave		1902.00
12		2nd octave		2014.00
13		2nd octave		2218.00
14		2nd octave		2400.00