Tuning Procedures in Ancient Iraq
A manual for tuning a lyre/harp from ancient Iraq (or "Mesopotamia"), dating to the early second millenium BCE, uses a cyclical procedure of tuning pairs of strings (dichords). It is the earliest known example of music theory, predating anything comparable from other cultures by approximat...
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Analytical Approaches to World Music
2013-07-01
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| Series: | Analytical Approaches to World Music |
| Online Access: | http://aawmjournal.com/articles/2013b/Mirelman_AAWM_Vol_2_2.pdf |