At its core, music is as much mathematics as art: The godfather of Western music—all Western music—is none other than Pythagoras, the Triangle King himself. In or around 500 BC, Pythagoras developed the modern scale by taking metal bars and dividing them sequentially by 2/3 to create successive notes. Pythagoras’ scale had 12 tones—you can … Continue reading A brief introduction
Author: ethanlitwin
Life-long New Yorker. Graduate of Duke University and Georgetown Law. Solicitor of England and Wales. Recognized by Chambers & Partners, The Legal 500, Global Competition Review, Super Lawyers and others as one of the leading antitrust litigators in the United States. Former Chairman and current Board member of Gingold Theatrical Group. Former Young Patron Board member at the Met Opera.
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Gert and I have had a running conversation to the side of The Professor's incredible Gert Song of the Day project, which kept our band of jolly good fellows sane and connected through 500 days of The Pandemic. I dare say that we all learned a lot from the Professor, who knows more about pop … Continue reading About this blog
A Gertus History of Music 