Pythagorean guitar

Before the Greek Philosopher, Pythagoras (570 - 475 BC), musical instruments were limited. His principle of creating musical notes in fifths and octaves, eventually resulted in the twelve-pitch chromatic guitar scale. How it works: The guitar produces very sophisticated music by producing different sound frequencies.

1. Do guitars use Pythagorean tuning?
2. What is Pythagorean musical tuning?
3. Who is Pythagoras music?
4. Is Pythagorean tuning the same as just intonation?

Do guitars use Pythagorean tuning?

One of the dark secrets of the guitar: guitars don't play perfectly in tune. ... The problem with Pythagorean tuning is that it works only within one key. In other words, if you tune all the notes on a piano so that the notes are perfectly in tune in the key of C, they will be out of tune when playing in other keys.

What is Pythagorean musical tuning?

Pythagorean tuning is a system of musical tuning in which the frequency ratios of all intervals are based on the ratio 3:2. This ratio, also known as the "pure" perfect fifth, is chosen because it is one of the most consonant and easiest to tune by ear and because of importance attributed to the integer 3.

Who is Pythagoras music?

According to legend, Pythagoras discovered the foundations of musical tuning by listening to the sounds of four blacksmith's hammers, which produced consonance and dissonance when they were struck simultaneously.

Is Pythagorean tuning the same as just intonation?

Pythagorean tuning is a type of just intonation. You don't quite get simple ratios by stacking P5, but what you get is also decent -> major/minor thirds and sixths are a schisma away from simple ratios, so you get a few good intervals in a 12 notes gamut.