Sunday, September 9, 2007

Affektenlehre

A wonderful post by Mark Liberman of Language Log on the circle of fifths, the system of temperament and the association between certain musical keys and emotional qualities (with special reference to Pythagoras), here.

2 comments:

Elatia Harris said...

God, what a vertiginous and gorgeous link. Thanks!

"Post-Google" by TAR ART RAT said...

i forgot most of what I learned in high school EXCEPT the Pythagorean theorem...