To the list:

        New information on the 9,ooo year old Chinese flutes and other Chinese
musical matters:

        The URL at the bottom contains three short excerpts from presentations
at the recent International Study Group on Music Archaeology.

        The information excerpts indicate the ancient Chinese flutes show:

        1. The Chinese had the 7-note diatonic scale more or less in tune, and,

        2. There was a progression over 1200 years from a pentatonic to a
diatonic mode including some other 7 and 8 note scales.

        3. In addition, much later around the 16th century, the Chinese had
solved the problem of temperament, and had the twelve-tone series of
tempered tones.

        See:

        http://www.webster.sk.ca/GREENWICH/9OOO-1.HTM#Update

Best wishes,

Bob Fink

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