From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
R. C. Phillips
Date:
[24 November 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.390 & 24.293
Summary:
Comments on the mathematical ratios in chords at some length, in answer to RP's 1869-11-18.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Comments on the mathematical ratios in chords at some length, in answer to RP's 1869-11-18.
Inquires about the mathematical nature of the chords of music, offering some ideas of his own.
More on the mathematical ratios of musical chords, and of dissonance [see JH's 1869-11-24].