Gage, Alfred P. (Alfred Payson), 1836-1903 · Boston, London, Ginn · leaf 242
. Fig. 181 is a graphical representation according to Helmholtz ofthe amount of dissonance contained in the several intervals of thediatonic scale. The intervals reckoned from C, are denoted by dis- OEIGIK OF HARMONY AND DISCORD. ^25 tances measured along the horizontal straight line. The… … be represented by peaks, and the concords by passes, while thesteepness indicates the sharpness of definition of the interval, thecalculations on which the curve is based are made from the notesproduced by a violin. For piano-forte notes the curve would beslightly different. It follows, from what…
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