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Unlocking the Riddles of Imperial Greek Melodies I: the 'Lydian' metamorphosis of the Classical harmonic system
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This article builds upon the evidence discussed in Lynch 2022a and 2022b, and sheds light on the metamorphosis that turned the Classical Dorian-based harmonic system into the Lydian-based system employed in Imperial Greek scores. Unlike previous hypotheses, the solution set out in this article entails a shift of a mere semitone between the tonal centre of the Classical harmonic system (Dorian mésē F3) and its counterpart in the Imperial harmonic system (Hypolydian mésē E3, which corresponded to the Classical mode Lydistí). This semitone shift is akin to a small adjustment in chamber pitch that has occurred repeatedly in the history of Western music but had wide-ranging implications for the organisation of the Imperial harmonic system as a whole, undermining the structural role of that fourths had in the Classical system and introducing a new focus on thirds and fifths. Together with Lynch 2022a and 2022b, this article and its sequel offer the first comprehensive account of the use of notation keys (tónoi) in the extant ancient Greek scores that is fully consistent with the available evidence about ancient harmonic theory and its practical use. This solution also bridges the gap between the harmonic systems employed in Hellenistic and Imperial scores, outlining for the first time a continuous, if evolving, tradition that stretches from the earliest musical documents to late antiquity.
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Lynch, T. A.C. (2020). ‘Tuning the Lyre, Tuning the Soul: Harmonía and the koś mos of the Soul in Plato’s Republic and Timaeus’, Greek and Roman Musical Studies 8.1, 111–55.
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Lynch, T. A.C. (2022b). ‘Unlocking the Riddles of Classical Greek Melodies II: the Revolution of the New Music in the Ashmolean Papyri (DAGM 5–6) and Athenaeus’ Paean (DAGM 20)’, Greek and Roman Musical Studies 10.2. [preprint: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5267084].
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koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Lynch, T. A.C. (2023). The Imperial 'Common Tuning' (Koinḕ Hormasía)—Heidelbergensis Palatinus gr. 281 Fol 173r: a new modern transcription.
No full textLynch, T. A.C. (2023). The Imperial ‘Common Tuning’ (Koinḕ Hormasía)—Heidelbergensis Palatinus gr. 281 Fol 173: a new modern transcription.
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Lynch, T.A.C. (2023). Ancient Greek melodies and the Invention of the Harmonic System: from Euripides to Early Christianity. Manuscript in preparation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.752469
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
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