This brief study aims to examine the relation between the theory of Pythagoras for the musical ratios (especially as described in Plato's Timaeus) and the intervals used in the traditional Persian music. It can also be generalized and applied to the other forms of traditional music in the Middle East. In these forms of traditional music, there are intervals that are slightly different from the standard intervals of Western music. The study aims to show that these intervals can naturally be deduced from the ideas propounded in Plato's Timaeus.
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