monochord
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An instrument for experimenting upon the mathematical relations of musical sounds. It consists of a single string stretched between two bridges, one or both of which are movable, and which stand upon a graduated rule for the purpose of readily changing and measuring the length of the part of the string between them.
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An example of the same two notes expressed regularly, in an 8va bracket, and in a 15ma bracket Six octaves on a monochord In writing, a specific octave is often indicated through the addition of a number after the note letter name.
Early clavichords frequently had many notes played on each string, even going so far as the keyed monochord an instrument with only one string—though most clavichords were triple- or double-fretted.
Other names refer to the monochord -like nature of a fully fretted clavichord (It. monacordo or monocordo; Sp. monacordio).
He presented his own divisions of the tetrachord and the octave, which he derived with the help of a monochord.
This legend has since proven to be false by virtue of the fact that these ratios are only relevant to string length (such as the string of a monochord ), and not to hammer weight.
Thomas S. Christensen, The Cambridge history of western music theory p207, Cambridge University Press In 1630 Johann Faulhaber published a 100 cent monochord table, which contained several errors due to his use of logarithmic tables.