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    The document discusses the tetractys, a triangular arrangement of 10 dots used by Pythagoreans to represent the perfection of the first four numbers and their significance to harmonies and proportions in music. The tetractys symbolized the idea that mathematics and harmonies in music were reflections of perfect relationships in nature and the cosmos.

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    The document discusses the tetractys, a triangular arrangement of 10 dots used by Pythagoreans to represent the perfection of the first four numbers and their significance to harmonies and proportions in music. The tetractys symbolized the idea that mathematics and harmonies in music were reflections of perfect relationships in nature and the cosmos.

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    The Meaning of

    the Tetractys
    Musical Symbolism in
    Pythagorean Arithmology

    Siemen Terpstra
    www.siementerpstra.com

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