Magnitude: continuous quantity (geometry, astronomy): fixed or in motion quantity

Multitude: discontinuous quantity (number) (arithmetic, music)

Quadruvium: four-fold path to wisdom

Alcvin: term trivium, arts of elocution

Pythagoras passed by a blacksmith “by divine guidance”

Boethius’s theory is quantitative

Conjunct scale (synemenon), disjunct scale (diezeugmenon)

Disjunct tetrachords lead to higher morals in society

Boethius,

Book I, 1-3: Senses, perception, hearing is the most powerful. Only music can affect behavior. Modes are
named after certain people (Dorian, Lydian, Phrygian). People like music of their character. Music
important in Republic because it has such a powerful effect. Contemporary tastes have been ruined,
older music was ideal (simpler). three kinds of music: cosmic (music of the spheres), human (inside the
soul), melodic instruments. High pitches, faster motion; low pitches,slower motion.

9-11: Pythagoreans don’t trust the ear, but rather rules and reason. Pythagoras examining the hammers,
discovering ratios.

14: sounds are in waves, the closer (bigger waves) the louder

Book IV, 1-2: motion is necessary for pitch. Slow (low), fast (high). Multiple (2:1), Sesquialter (3:2),
Sesquitertian (3:4), sesquioctave (8:9)

Book I, 20: strings from low to high: hypate (Saturn), parhypate, lichanos (index finger), mese (always
the middle among 7 strings), paramese (or trite—next to the middle one), paranete (next to the highest
string), nete (low in position, high in pitch). Lycaon of Samos added an 8th string, trite became 6th and the
subsequent ones changed accordingly.

The heptachord is called synemmenon (conjunct). Octachord is called diezeugmenon (disjunct). Distance
between mese and paramese is called diazeuxis.
Prophrastus of Pieria added a ninth string (now: enneachord) above hypate: hyperhypate.

Histiaeus of Colophon: 10th string; Timotheus of Milesia: 11th string. Added above hypate and
parahypate: hyper-hypaton, and parhypate hypaton. The 3rd string changed from hyperhypate to
lichanos hypaton.

And so on….

Book I, 34: three types of musicians: 1 instrumentalists (slaves) 2 poets (natural instinct; also separate
from music), 3 musician (judgment based on reason)