PythagoreanMajor
is an interval list for the Pythagorean Major scale.
PythagoreanMajor
PythagoreanMajor
is an interval list for the Pythagorean Major scale.
Details and Options
- To use PythagoreanMajor, you first need to load the Music Package using Needs["Music`"].
- Intervals are measured in cents.
- MusicScale[PythagoreanMajor,freq,dur] creates a Sound object that is a sequence of pitches corresponding to the Pythagorean Major scale.
- PythagoreanMajor has an interval list in which the members of the scale are derived from a sequence of octaves and fifths, where a fifth is the ratio of 3/2 (702 cents) and an octave is the ratio of 2/1 (1200 cents).
- The scale is built by successive fifth addition and octave subtraction.
Tech Notes
Related Guides
Text
Wolfram Research (2007), PythagoreanMajor, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/Music/ref/PythagoreanMajor.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2007. "PythagoreanMajor." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/Music/ref/PythagoreanMajor.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2007). PythagoreanMajor. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/Music/ref/PythagoreanMajor.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_pythagoreanmajor, author="Wolfram Research", title="{PythagoreanMajor}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/Music/ref/PythagoreanMajor.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2026_pythagoreanmajor, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={PythagoreanMajor}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/Music/ref/PythagoreanMajor.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}