Index of Subjects
Acoustics
ancient acoustic theories
5–7
accounts of pitch
qualitative and/or quantitative
37, 45–49, 50–53, 62
speed of sound
53–55, 65
timbre
7–9
Banquet see Symposium
Dancers
73
Harmonics
definition
2
empirical approach
4–5
mathematical approach
2–4, 8
Monochord
2
Music
as a source of pleasure
39, 89, 97–98, 104–105
sources of
9, 28, 35–36, 81–84, 101–104
Musical Composition
12–13
Musical Êthos
adversaries of
14, 89, 93–95, 97–98
definition
9
Musical Instruments
aulos
75–76
lyra
84, 99n178, 106, 108
salpinx (or trumpet)
20, 83, 109–113, 103n193
Musical Intervals
according to the Pythagoreans
3, 68
according to Aristoxenus
57–58
ancient names of the fundamental concords
8, 16–17, 69–71
compound intervals (i.e. exceeding the octave)
68–69
concordant intervals (concords)
16, 67–69
simple intervals (i.e. within the octave)
68–69
Musical Notes
definition
1n2
Musical Therapy
for fatigue
98, 106–107, 111n226
for the body
105–107
for the soul
18–19
for the treatment of epilepsy, sciatica and other diseases
107–113
Musicians
as performers
13, 72, 75–78
aulos–players
73–78
lyre–players
8, 18, 69
Singing
physiological aspects
55–56
teaching
55–56
with or without words
60, 94–95
Soul
as the source of melody
60–61, 86–89
its relation to musical composition
10–16
Symposium
and poetry
80–81
musical topics suitable for
38–45
Voice
its movement in speaking and singing
20–21, 85–86
vocal apparatus
15