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It was Pythagoras who discovered that the 5ᵗʰ and the octave of a note could be produced on the same string by stopping at ⅔ and ½ of its length respectively. Harmony therefore depends on a numerical proportion. It was this discovery, according to Hankel, which led Pythagoras

It was Pythagoras who discovered that the 5ᵗʰ and the octave of a note could be produced on the same string by stopping at ⅔ and ½ of its length respectively. Harmony therefore depends on a numerical proportion. It was this discovery, according to Hankel, which led Pythagoras