Ancient musical wisdom was that music was pleasing to the ear because of the 'right' frequencies and vibrations. But researchers from the University of Melbourne's School of Psychological Sciences ...

The ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras proposed a mathematical argument for what music sounds best to the ear: According to legend, he said listeners preferred music with chords adhering to perfect ...

From pre-historic times to the present day, music has been constantly developing. From Pythagoras’ scale to the invention of the Walkman, BBC Culture chooses eight moments that changed the course of ...

"Pythagoras was wrong: there are no universal musical harmonies, new study finds." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 02 / 240227130746.htm (accessed January 3, 2026).

His 6th-century-BCE experiments of plucking stretched strings of different lengths reportedly led him to stumble upon the harmonious connection between frequencies and their ratios. Certain simple ...

In defence of Pythagoras, that he showed us music was based on harmonic intervals was a very impressive analysis with the primitive tools at his disposal. What is more, some of nature’s most wonderful ...