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Louvre aulos basic scales — Imperial setting (Lynch 2022)

  • 1. University of St Andrews

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As discussed in a forthcoming publication, this figure represents the Iastian/Hypoiastian scales produced by the Louvre Aulos in its Imperial setting.
This setting is consistent with the tunings recorded in the Imperial musical documents, discussed in Lynch forthcoming 1, and with Ptolemy's harmogai, transcribed and discussed in Lynch forthcoming.

 

Lynch, T. A. C. (2023a). Unlocking the Riddles of Imperial Greek Melodies I: the 'Lydian' metamorphosis of the Classical harmonic system. (Zenodo preprint: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6927929)

Lynch, T. A. C. (forthcoming). Unlocking the Riddles of Imperial Greek Melodies II: Ptolemy's harmogaí, the Louvre aulos and the Imperial Musical documents.

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