Excerpt from Music: How It Came to Be What It Is The reason why some combinations of tones are more agreeable than others is that more undulations of the sound-waves coin cide. The octave Of any tone has two undu lations to one - that is, every other wave of the higher tone fits into one of the lower. The fifth has three waves to every two - that is, every third wave of the higher tone coin cides with one of the lower; the fourth has four to three, and so on. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy.

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