Was the ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras the first one who referred to a musical scale?

The writings attributed to the Pythagorean philosopher Philolaus of Croton, who lived in the late fifth century BC, are the earliest texts to describe the numerological and musical theories that were later ascribed to Pythagoras.

1. Did Pythagoras create musical scales?
2. What did Pythagoras say about music?
3. When did Pythagoras invent music?
4. Who invented music and musical instruments according to Greek legend?

Did Pythagoras create musical scales?

Around 500 BC Pythagoras studied the musical scale and the ratios between the lengths of vibrating strings needed to produce them.

What did Pythagoras say about music?

Pythagoras believed that the planets themselves, all heavenly bodies, rang out notes of vibration based on their orbit and distance to each other. We humans simply lack the ability to hear this music of the spheres. These mathematical ratios helped to define every system of intonation throughout history.

When did Pythagoras invent music?

The system had been mainly attributed to Pythagoras (sixth century BC) by modern authors of music theory, while Ptolemy, and later Boethius, ascribed the division of the tetrachord by only two intervals, called "semitonium", "tonus", "tonus" in Latin (256:243 × 9:8 × 9:8), to Eratosthenes.

Who invented music and musical instruments according to Greek legend?

They usually put forward several answers, including crediting a character from the Book of Genesis named Jubal, who was said to have played the flute, or Amphion, a son of Zeus, who was given the lyre. One popular story from the Middle Ages credits the Greek philosopher Pythagoras as the inventor of music.