摘要
OneofthemostsignificantrecentdevelopmentsinmusicologyhasbeenthetranscriptionandinterpretationofcertainmusicalcuneiformtextsdatingfromthesecondmillenniumBC.IthasbeenestablishedthatOldBabylonianmusicwasdiatonicandprobablybasedonsevenheptachords,correspondingtothefirstseventonesoftheancientGreekoctavespecies.However,thereremainsaproblem:thereissomeambiguityinthetextsaboutwhetherthescalesshouldberisingorfalling,andtheirnomenclaturechangingaccordingtowhichdirectionischosen.Thisarticlesuggestsapossibleresolutionofthedifficulty.OntheassumptionthatOldBabyloniantheoreticiansmighthavequantifiedtheirscales,thearticlearithmetizesthetuningproceduresofthetwomaincuneiformtuningtextstogether,asasingleprocess,andtherebyalsodemonstratestheplausibilityofthehypothesisthattheidealizedmodelforBabyloniantuningwouldbelikelytohavebeenJusttuningratherthanPythagoreantuning,ashasbeengenerallyassumed.
出版日期
2007年01月11日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)