The Monochord Thread, Notes by Grade

  • Grade 4: Prehistoric music
  • Grade 5: Ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian music
  • Grade 6: Pythagoras and the monochord
  • Grade 7: Late antique Greek tuning theory
  • Grade 8: Medieval developments
  • Grade 9: Early modern: equal temperament
  • Grade 10: Classical: vibrations
  • Grade 11: Modern: microtonal

Revised 12 December 2001 by Ralph Abraham